The administrative suspension, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, of the execution of a decision to transfer an asylum seeker to the Member State responsible does not have the effect of interrupting the six-month transfer period provided for by EU law, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled on Thursday, 22 September. Consequently, once this period has expired, the requesting Member State becomes responsible for examining the asylum application.
In this preliminary ruling (cases C-245/21 and...