13.04.2022, NU

Netherlands: State Secretary may not simply send asylum seekers back to Croatia

Netherlands: in the case of Dublin returns of asylum seekers from Egypt and Algeria, the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State decided that Dutch State Secretary Eric van der Burg cannot simply assume that Croatia would comply with the European Convention on Human Rights and thus may not send the two asylum seekers back to Croatia without an investigation. Although EU member states may assume that all member states comply with human rights, there can sometimes be grounds for further investigation. The Council of State ruled that, in this case, Van der Burg should have investigated “current facts and circumstances.” The State Secretary must examine whether the asylum seekers from Egypt and Algeria will be able to go through the asylum procedure upon returning to Croatia. Given that pushbacks at Croatia’s external border have been taking place “on a large scale and over a long period of time,” as stated by the State Council, such treatment is becoming possible towards persons being readmitted by Croatia from other member states as well. read more

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Region(s): Europäische Union