In a decision made on Wednesday 25 October (C-201/16), the European Court of Justice (CJEU) considers that the effect of the expiry of the six-month period available to a member state under the Dublin III Regulation for transferring an applicant for international protection to the member state responsible, which has agreed to take him back, is that it itself becomes responsible for processing the application for protection.
Mr Majid Shiri, an Iranian national entered the EU in Bulgaria,...