Case summaries
ECtHR - Muhammad Saqawat v. Belgium, Application no. 54962/18, 2020
Country of applicant:
Bangladesh
The situation in which an appeal by a foreigner against a detention decision is declared ‘without object’, solely on the ground that a new detention order has been issued, does not offer the guarantees of effectiveness and promptness required by article 5 §4 of the Convention.
Date of decision:
30-09-2020
Relevant International and European Legislation:
Recital (1),Recital (2),Recital (3),Recital (4),Recital (5),Recital (6),Recital (7),Recital (8),Recital (9),Recital (10),Recital (11),Recital (12),Recital (13),Recital (14),Recital (15),Recital (16),Recital (17),Recital (18),Recital (19),Recital (20),Recital (21),Recital (22),Recital (23),Recital (24),Recital (25),Recital (26),Recital (27),Recital (28),Recital (29),Recital (30),Article 1,Article 2,Article 3,Article 4,Article 5,Article 6,Article 7,Article 8,Article 9,1.,2.,Article 11,Article 12,Article 13,Article 14,1.,1. (a),1. (b),2.,2. (a),2. (b),3.,4.,5.,6.,6. (a),6. (b),1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,Article 18,Article 19,Article 20,Article 21,Article 22,Article 23,Art 5.1 (f),Art 5.4,Article 8
CJEU - Case C‑47/15, Sélina Affum v Préfet du Pas-de-Calais, Procureur général de la cour d’appel de Douai
Country of applicant:
Ghana
Imprisonment of a Third Country National on account of illegal entry to a Member State across an internal border of the Schengen area is not permitted under the Return Directive where said individual has not yet been subject to a return procedure.
This applies equally to a Third Country National who is merely in transit on the territory of the Member State, is intercepted when leaving the Schengen area and is the subject of a procedure for readmission into the Member State from which he or she has come.
Date of decision:
07-06-2016
Relevant International and European Legislation:
European Union Law,EN - Returns Directive, Directive 2008/115/EC of 16 December 2008,Recital (2),Recital (4),Recital (5),Recital (10),Recital (17),Recital (26),Article 1,Article 2,Article 3,Article 4,Article 6,Article 7,Article 8,Article 9,Article 11,Article 14,Article 15,Article 16,Article 17