Brussels, 22/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - The subsidiary protection regime, which applies to third-country nationals who do not qualify for refugee status but who still require international protection, should not apply if these nationals claim on medical grounds, irrespective of how serious these are, Advocate General Yves Bot told the Court of Justice of the EU (case C-542/13), on Thursday 17 July.
The asylum application of a Mauritian national was rejected in Belgium. However, following an...