The Court of Rome has issued a new ruling suspending the deportation of seven asylum seekers to reception centers in Albania. Under this ruling, authorities will return the seven asylum seekers from Egypt and Bangladesh to Italy, as they were transferred to Albania earlier this week. Last October, the same court ruled that the detention…
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of two Syrian refugees against Cyprus, paving the way for refugees stranded in the buffer zone to pursue their asylum claims. This week, the court issued its decision in a case brought by the two refugees, who sought compensation from Cyprus for preventing them from…
The Social Court in Hamburg has ruled that setting fixed cash payments on a payment card for refugees is illegal. The court determined that these fixed amounts fail to account for individual circumstances. The ruling came after a refugee family challenged the legality of the fixed payments, leading the court to urgently declare them unlawful….
The civil court in Crotone, Calabria, overturned the Italian authorities’ decision to administratively detain the maritime rescue ship Humanity 1. The court also ordered the Italian authorities to pay the legal fees. Humanity 1 is operated by SOS Humanity, a German non-governmental organization focused on rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean. Notably, Judge Antonio Albinario issued…
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ordered Hungary to pay a fine of €200 million plus an additional €1 million for each day of delay. This decision was made due to Hungary’s asylum policy, which contravenes EU policy. The court, which is based in Luxembourg, came to this conclusion because Hungary has failed to…
The British government stuck to its decision to move forward with a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda, despite the British Supreme Court rejecting this plan, a ruling that human rights organizations welcomed and considered a “victory” and a “major defeat” for the ruling party. The British government’s decision came shortly after the British…
The French Administrative Court suspended the order banning the distribution of food in specific areas of the 10th and 19th arrondissements of the capital, Paris, about three weeks after the decree was issued. The “Utopia 56” association, the Human Rights League, and the “Union of Solidarity Activists”, which filed an appeal before the Administrative Court,…
