Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 02/24/2021

Subject: The Court affirmed that Directive 2008/115/EC on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals does not preclude a Member State from placing in administrative detention a third-country national residing illegally on its territory, in order to carry out the forced transfer of that national to another Member State in which that national has refugee status, where that national has refused to comply with the order to go to that other Member State and it is not possible to issue a return decision to him or her

Parties: M e a. (Transfert vers un État membre)

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 18 Refugees - Art. 19 Removal

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