March
Ex-Muslim Christian refugees in Europe: the ECLJ calls for greater protectionBy ECLJEach year, thousands of Christians from a Muslim background flee their home countries due to persecution, as apostasy from Islam is severely punished by society, if not by the law itself. They hope...
Read MoreJune 2024
Does the ECHR have the power to suspend expulsions of migrants?By Grégor PuppinckAt a time when the UK and the ECHR are engaged in a “tug-of-war” over immigration control following the recent adoption of a law providing for the relocation of asylum seekers to Rwanda, Grégor...
Read MoreApril 2024
The CJEU Protects Converts to Christianity; and France?By Thibault van den BosscheAccording to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), an asylum application based on a religious conversion that occurred after the foreigner left their country of origin cannot be...
Read MoreAugust 2023
About the EU New Pact on MigrationBy ECLJJune 2023 has seen significant developments in the European Union’s (EU) collective migration and asylum policy. This topic has been at the forefront of the EU’s mind since 2015, when 1.3 million...
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UEAA: A New Realistic Guide to AsylumBy Christophe FoltzenlogelThe European Union Agency for Asylum (UEAA) has just published a practical guide for the proper handling of religious asylum claims. It also incidentally acknowledges the veracity of the ECLJ report...
Read MoreMarch 2016
Favorable Ruling on Iranian ConvertBy ECLJThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights made a decision on Wednesday, March 23 rd 2016, in the case of F.G. v. Sweden (no. 43611/11) concerning the refusal of a right of asylum to an...
Read MoreDecember 2014
Iranian Converted to ChristianityBy ECLJ On the 3 rd December 2014, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held a hearing in F.G. v. Sweden case (application n° 43611/11), concerning the implementation of an expulsion order...
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F.G. case: ECLJ submits observations By ECLJ On 15 septembre 2014, the ECLJ submitted written observations in F.G. v. Sweden case (application n° 43611/11), concerning the implementation of an expulsion order against an Iranian Christian...
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France condemned for a deportationBy Grégor PuppinckThe Court of Strasbourg ruled that there exists “a real risk” that a Coptic Egyptian accused of proselytizing would be subject to inhuman and degrading treatment by the Egyptian authorities in the...
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