Brussels, 18/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - If there is indiscriminate violence in the country of origin of an asylum seeker, he/she may not be required to prove that he/she would face a real risk of being subject to serious and individual threat. That is the finding of the Court of Justice in a judgment delivered on Tuesday 17 February, in a case involving a couple seeking asylum in the Netherlands (case C-465).
The Court's response to the Dutch Raad van State, then, is that Meki and Noor...