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Fri 07 Jul 2010Asylum appeal case referred to European justice court
THE HIGH Court has referred an asylum appeals case to Europe’s highest court that will test the legality of transferring asylum seekers between EU member states which have different standards of protection for refugees.
In a ruling that may have far-reaching consequences, Ms Justice Maureen Clark said yesterday she would make a preliminary reference to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in an appeal by five asylum seekers against a transfer order to Greece made by the Minister for Justice. The asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Iran and Algeria were issued with transfer orders under the Dublin II regulation – an EU law that stipulates asylum applications should be decided in the EU state where a person first arrives.
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