COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Migration

According to the Court, Common European Asylum System does not, in principle, preclude a Member State from automatically extending refugee status to a minor whose parent has that status

Brussels, 09/11/2021 (Agence Europe)

The European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday 9 November in case C-91/20 that the Common European Asylum System does not, in principle, preclude a Member State from automatically extending refugee status to the minor child of a parent with refugee status, on a derived basis and for the purpose of maintaining family unity.

The asylum application of LW, a Tunisian national born in Germany in 2017 to a Tunisian woman, whose asylum application was unsuccessful, and a Syrian man, who was granted...