The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg has ruled that Hungary's asylum process is partly in violation of EU law. The ruling said that Hungary's asylum system violates EU law as it is designed to limit access to the case files for certain applicants as well as for their legal council.
The European Court of Justice has ruled that a third-country national who holds a residence permit as a family member of an EU citizen can obtain long-term resident status. The case involved a Ghanaian mother and her son, who has Dutch nationality.
The Court of Justice of the European Union has established that a hosting program for a migrant applying for international protection can't be revoked, even if he or she has been responsible of crimes and violent acts. Depriving an immigrant of hosting conditions "always constitutes a disproportionate sanction as it is detrimental to human dignity," the court noted.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has overturned a German rule on family reunification, thereby strengthening the rights of underage migrants. It ruled that the German practice of denying minors in Syria to reunite with their family in Germany violates EU law.
In a case involving Italy and the German migrant rescue organization Sea Watch, Europe's top court has ruled that port authorities must demonstrate a threat to "safety, health or the environment" when detaining a ship.
On Thursday the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that Lithuanian national law, which allows an applicant for international protection to be denied the right to asylum and placed in automatic detention on the grounds that they have irregularly crossed the border, is incompatible with EU legislation.
Frontex is losing credibility following further allegations it was involved in pushbacks. Now, the private sea rescue organization Sea-Watch is alleging that the European border agency is implicated in so-called pullbacks near Malta as well, launching legal proceedings at the EU Court in Luxembourg.
The European Court of Justice has been advised that Italy was legally entitled to carry out inspections of private rescue ships operating in the Mediterranean Sea. The opinion is a blow to the German non-profit organization Sea-Watch.
Hungary's top court did not rule on a challenge to the primacy of EU law in its response to an EU court finding that Budapest broke the bloc's laws by deporting asylum seekers.
A Syrian family was deported to Turkey by Frontex in 2016 despite having lodged asylum claims in Greece. Now, they have taken the EU border agency to the European Court of Justice. The lawsuit could set a precedence.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) once again asked Poland to provide assistance to 32 Afghans who have been living for weeks at a makeshift camp at the border with Belarus.
Human rights lawyers have launched legal action against the European Union's border and coast guard agency Frontex on behalf of two migrants. They accuse Frontex of violating their rights as asylum seekers and breaching European and international law.