Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 05/30/2013

Subject: The Court affirmed that an asylum seeker may be detained for the purposes of removal on the ground of illegal stay where the application for asylum has been made with the sole aim of delaying or jeopardising enforcement of the return decision. The national authorities must examine this detention is necessary and proportionate.

Parties: Mehmet Arslan

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 18 Right to asylum - Refugees

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