Asylum seekers, who arrive in a (Southern) EU Member State may have a family member (a spouse, parent or minor child) who has applied for asylum and is waiting for a decision or who has received an asylum status in another Member State. According to the Dublin Regulation (Articles 8-10), the Member State where this…
In January 2020 the Migration Law Clinic issued an expert opinion concerning a case in which the Dutch Council of State has referred preliminary questions on 25 September 2019. The case concerns a Polish national, who registered in the Netherlands on 9 November 2017. He worked in the Netherlands for five months. On 1 June 2018,…
This project concerns three cases (CJEU Case C‐673/19), in which the Council of State has referred a preliminary question on 4 September 2019. The question concerns the detention of migrants, who have received an asylum status in another EU Member State and have applied for asylum in the Netherlands. Their asylum applications have been declared…
Are you a master student or exchange student and do you want to write expert opinions in real migration law cases? The Migration Law Clinic is looking for talented students who are interested to participate in the Clinic starting from February 2020. The Clinic is open to master students in law or criminology and exchange students of…
In a judgment of 29 July 2019 the Court of Justice answered preliminary questions referred by the district court of Utrecht, the Netherlands (Case C-680/17). The Migration Law Clinic had issued an expert opinion in this case, which was sent to the CJEU. The case concerned the request of Sri Lankan nationals for a Schengenvisa for the Netherlands. On the basis…
On 9 and 10 May 2019, 12 student teams from all over the world competed in the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The teams pleaded in a case concerning Mr. Moreno, a Venezualan asylum seeker, who applied for asylum on the fictitious Island of Caraiba. Judges from…
