In a judgment delivered on Thursday 20 May (Case C-8/20), the Court of Justice of the European Union clarified the notion of subsequent asylum application, as described in the Directive (2013/32) on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection.
An Iranian national is challenging the German courts’ rejection of his asylum application as inadmissible on the grounds that it would constitute a ‘subsequent application’ within the meaning of the so-called...