Type: Opinions of the Advocate General

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 06/08/2017

Subject: According to the Advocate General, in the exceptional circumstances of the refugee crisis, the Member States in which applications for international protection were first lodged are responsible for examining those applications. The words ‘irregular crossing’ in the Dublin III Regulation do not cover a situation where, as a result of the mass inflow of people into border Member States, those countries allowed third-country nationals to enter and transit through their territory in order to reach other Member States

Parties: A.S. e Jafari

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 18 Refugees

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