Current and past projects

The Migration Law Clinic will accept new cases in September 2023. The students are currently working on cases from February 2023 until June 2023.

If you have suggestions for cases or topics for the Migration Law Clinic, you can contact the Clinic coordinator (migrationlawclinic@vu.nl). See also under ‘For Clients’.

This is an overview of the cases supported by the Migration Law Clinic in the period 2013-2023:

Type case	Number	Case	Year expert opinion	Topic
Court of Justice EU (CJEU)	13	C-153/14 (K and A)	2014	Integration abroad
		C-133/15 (Chavez Vilchez)	2015	The right to stay of third-country national parents of Dutch children
		C-550/16 (A. and S.)	2017	The right to family reunification of unaccompanied minors
		C-557/17 (Y. and Z.)	2017	Withdrawal of the residence permit of third-country national family members of a person who committed fraud in order to get a residence permit
		C-680/17 (Vethanayagam)	2018	The right to an effective remedy in visa representation cases
		C‐586/17 (withdrawn)	2018	Ex nunc judicial review of new asylum motives in asylum cases
		C-226/19 and C-225/19 (R.N.N.S. and K.A.)	2019	Refusal of a visa application on the basis of an objection of another EU Member State
		C‐673/19 (M and A.)	2019	The legality of the detention of third-country nationals in order to ensure the passing back to the Member State where they enjoy international protection
		C‑719/19 (F.S.)	2020	The right to free movement of an EU citizen, who has committed petty crimes in the Netherlands
		Cases C-368/20 and C-369/20 (Landespolizeidirektion Steiermark)	2020	Legality of Reintroduction of Internal Border Controls: Necessity and Proportionality under the Schengen Border Code and the Right to Free Movement of EU Citizens
		Case C-624/20 (E.K.)	2021	Temporariness (or not) of the Chavez-Vilchez Right of Residence
		Joined Cases C-704/20 and C-39/21 PPU ((C. and B.)	2021	National limitations to judicial review in migration detention cases: Prohibition, competence or requirement of ex officio review?
		Joined cases C-556/21 and C-338/21 (E.N., S.S., J.Y)	2021	Suspensive effect of higher appeals of the State in Dublin cases.
Cases referred to the CJEU after the expert opinion of the Migration Law Clinic	3	C‑331/16 and C‑366/16 (K. and H.F.)	2016	Right to stay of the family member of an EU citizen, who is suspected of having committed serious human rights violations
		C‑635/17 (E.) 2017	2017	Evidence in Eritrean family reunification cases
		C-19/21	2020	An Individual Legal Remedy against the Refusal of a Take Charge Request under the Dublin III Regulation
Complaints before the European Commission	2		2015	The requirement of a valid passport for the right to stay of the family member of an EU citizen
Complaints before the European Commission	2		2016	Failure of the highest court to state reasons for the refusal to refer a preliminary question to the CJEU
Cases European Court of Human Rights: Third Party Intervention	3	Appl no 43654/18 (S.S. v Sweden)	2019	Return of a westernized and apostate Afghan woman
		Appl no 22105/18 (M.T. v Sweden)	2019	Right to family reunification for persons with subsidiary protection
		Appl. no 26049/18 (H.T. v Italy)	2020	De facto detention of asylum seekers in Italy (together with Refugee Law Clinic Turin)
Other cases ECtHR	4		2014	Risk assessment in Somalian asylum cases
			2015	Expulsion to Somalia of a criminal refugee, who had been expelled by Canada
			2016	The right to stay of Chinese cooks
			2022	Regularisation of Ex Dutch Surinamese Individuals Living Undocumented in the Netherlands
Cases pending on the national level	7		2014	Starting date legal stay of the family member of an EU citizen
			2015	Medical evidence in subsequent asylum procedure under EU law Medical evidence in subsequent asylum procedures under international law
			2016	Legal position of stateless Palestinians
			2018	Withdrawal Dutch nationality of (suspected) jihadis
			2019	Family life between unmarried fathers and their biological children
			2020	Application of Chavez-Vilchez in the Netherlands
			Currently being written	Right to emergency shelter for a mother with a Chavez Vilchez right to residence with her minor child

The Migration Law expert opinions can be found here.

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