Publication date: 01 January 2015
This report provides a synopsis of the work of the Court of Justice, the General Court and the Civil Service Tribunal.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Publication Type: Report
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union
Publication date: 22 February 2013
This EP study aims to analyze the contribution and influence of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union on asylum and immigration.
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Main theme: Asylum, Migration
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, European Court of Human Rights
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Today, the European Commission decided to refer Belgium to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to fully implement the Single Permit Directive (Directive 2011/98/EU). Designed to facilitate legal migration, the Directive introduces simplified procedures and a common set of rights for non-EU workers.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: single permit directive, Court of Justice of the European Union
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In its judgement delivered today, the Court of Justice has ruled that Member States are not required – under EU law – to grant a humanitarian visa to persons who wish to enter their territory with a view to applying for asylum. However, they are free to do so on the basis of their national law.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, Syria
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The Commission is referring Belgium for failing to transpose the Single Permit Directive. The Commission proposes a daily penalty of 52,828.16 euros.
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Main theme: Economic migration
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, single permit directive
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The European law and migration team (EDEM) of the Catholic University of Louvain has published its newsletter that analyses recent asylum case law.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: case law, European Court of Human Rights, Court of Justice of the European Union
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The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a case-law in relation to international protection and protection of human rights in the case of alleged persecutions because of an applicant's sexual orientation.
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Main theme: Asylum, International Protection, Vulnerable groups
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, credibility, fundamental rights, sexual orientation
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This request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Article 12 of Council Directive 2004/114/EC of 13 December 2004 on the conditions of admission of third-country nationals for the purposes of studies, pupil exchange, unremunerated training or voluntary service.
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Main theme: Study § Training
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, Directive 2004/114/EC, student mobility, student visa
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On 4 September 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a case-law concerning the interpretation of the Regulations establishing the Schengen Borders Code (2006) and the Visa Code (2009)
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Main theme: Borders & Visa
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, border check, entry condition, visa affixed to travel document
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On 7 November, the European Court of Justice judged that homosexual applicants for asylum can constitute a particular social group who may be persecuted on account of their sexual orientation.
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Main theme: International Protection
Keywords: Court of Justice of the European Union, sexual orientation
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The European Rights and Migration Team (EDEM) provides access to a directory including and summarizing asylum related case law from the Aliens Litigation Council, the Council of State, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights.
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Main theme: Asylum
Keywords: Aliens Litigation Council, case law, Council of State, Court of Justice of the European Union, European Court of Human Rights
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Based on judgement in case C-83/12 Minh Koa Vo, a Member State may impose criminal penalties for aiding illegal immigration when the persons who have entered the Union territory, national of non member countries, hold visas fraudulently obtained but not yet annulled.