Case summaries
Germany - Federal Administrative Court, 4 September 2012, 10 C 13.11
Country of applicant:
Turkey
Keywords:
Exclusion from protection, First country of asylum, Safe third country, Serious non-political crime, Protection, Terrorism, Refugee Status, Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN
1. The issue as to whether an asylum-seeker was already protected against political persecution in a third country is only relevant in terms of the asylum application for recognition of refugee status in the context of the concept of the first country of asylum as defined in EU law in Article 29 of the Asylum Procedures Act (Articles 25 and 26 of the Asylum Procedures Directive).
2. If the Federal Office has reached a decision on the asylum application in this case, the substantive question of the subsidiarity of refugee protection in the assessment of refugee status is no longer applicable.
Date of decision:
04-09-2012
Relevant International and European Legislation:
Art 8,Art 12,Art 25.2 (b),Art 26 (b)