In a ruling handed down on Thursday 13 September (Case C-369/17), the European Court of Justice considers that the granting of subsidiary protection cannot be refused if the person requesting it has "committed a serious crime" on the basis of the sole criterion of the penalty provided for under the law of the member state concerned.
In 2014, Shajin Ahmed, an Afghan national, had his refugee status withdrawn by the Hungarian authorities after he voluntarily informed the Hungarian...