US EditionIn rare ruling, EU's top court sides with refugee's appeal in a landmark case against Frontex
The EU Court found evidence in a 2020 Greek-Turkey pushback case detailed enough to require re-examination, potentially benefiting thousands of migrants, legal experts said.
- The European Union's top court ruled in favor of a Syrian refugee's appeal against the European border agency Frontex, allowing other victims to seek damages.
- The refugee, Hamoudi, claimed he was illegally pushed back from Greece to Turkey by Greek authorities despite Frontex's presence.
- Hamoudi's lawyers celebrated the ruling as historic and a potential victory for thousands of other migrants.
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Frontex must protect the fundamental rights of asylum seekers and can be made mandatory in the event of illegal deportations - that is what the ECJ has decided. That is, Frontex is also liable for illegal pushbacks. By Max Bauer.
A Syrian family filed a case against Frontex after being deported at the Greek border, alleging their rights were violated. The European Court of Justice's ruling now requires Frontex to systematically check whether migrants have been given the opportunity to apply for asylum.
The EU Border Protection Agency Frontex sent a family of Greece refugees from Syria to Turkey – although they actually wanted to apply for asylum. Now the Kurds could receive compensation.
The European border control agency Frontex can be held responsible for so-called pushbacks of refugees. This was ruled by the European Court of Justice in a case brought by a Syrian family. Pushbacks are the practice of sending migrants back without giving them the opportunity to apply for asylum. After the war broke out in Syria, the family fled to Europe via northern Iraq and Turkey in 2016. The Syrians wanted to apply for asylum in Greece, bu…
During deportations, the EU Border Protection Agency Frontex is obliged to protect fundamental rights, the ECJ judges. A Syrian family had demanded damages.
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