Medical Reports in Subsequent Asylum Applications: EU law

In the Netherlands, it is recognised that medical reports can provide important evidence that an applicant has been ill-treated in the past. However medical reports submitted in subsequent asylum procedures are often not taken into account in the context of the administrative decision and/or judicial review of this decision. This is due to: the fact that…

Indirect-Refoulement of J.W. to Somalia and the Admissibility of Canada as a Safe Third Country

J.W. is a Somali national seeking refuge in the Netherlands who faces a potential risk of chain refoulement from Canada to Somalia. A particularity of J.W.’s case is that Canada already once attempted to send him to Somalia, thereby ignoring the view of the UN Human Rights Committee on his case. This Committee found that…

Verblijfsrecht voor de verzorgende ouder van een minderjarige Unieburger?

Deze expert opinion is geschreven in het kader van de prejudiciële vragen van de Centrale Raad van Beroep van 16 maart 2015 in de zaak Chavez-Vilchez en anderen (C-133/15) over de interpretatie van artikel 20 VWEU. De Centrale Raad wil onder meer weten of uit dit artikel een verblijfsrecht volgt voor een derdelander, die de dagelijkse en…

The Right of Residence under Directive 2004/38 of the Spouse of a Union Citizen in the Absence of a Valid Passport

This expert opinion seeks to answer the question whether a valid passport can be made a precondition to the right of residence and the issuance of a residence card in the case of a Union citizen’s third country national spouse under Directive 2004/38. It starts by explaining the nature of the right of residence of…

Assessment and evidence of the starting date of lawful residence of unmarried partners of Union citizens

This expert opinion seeks to answer the question, whether the duty to ‘facilitate’ laid down in Article 3(2)(b) of Directive 2004/38/EC leads to an obligation under Union law for the Member States to assess and evidence the starting date of the lawful residence of the unmarried partner. The expert opinion first describes the right of residence of…

Expert Opinion De Wet Inburgering in het Buitenland in EU-rechtelijk Perspectief

Deze expert opinion is uitgebracht in het kader van de prejudiciële vragen die de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State op 1 april 2014 heeft gesteld (zie nrs. 201211916/1/V2 en 201300404/1/V2, JV 2014/163) aan het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie in de zaken van K en A (zaak C-153/14). Deze expert opinie beschrijft de Nederlandse…

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