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- United States· 2024· US Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitpendingSource checked
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v Biden, No. 23-16032 (9th Cir. 2024)
Executive limits on asylum eligibility; APA challenges; statutory consistency
asylumasylum-eligibilityborder-restrictionsexecutive-authorityrefugee - Australia (National)· 2023· High Court of AustraliafavorableHigh precedentSource checked
NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2023] HCA 37
Whether indefinite immigration detention of a non-citizen who cannot be removed in the reasonably foreseeable future is within Commonwealth power.
asylumimmigration-detentionindefinite-detentionnon-refoulementrefugee - United Kingdom· 2023· UK Supreme CourtfavorableHigh precedentSource checked
R (AAA (Syria) & ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 42
Safety of Rwanda, third country removals; non-refoulement; systemic risks
asylumnon-refoulementrefugeesystemic-deficienciesthird-country-transfers - India· 2021· Supreme Court of IndiaadverseHigh precedentSource checked
Mohammad Salimullah and Another v Union of India and Others, AIR 2021 SC 1789
Interim application seeking release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu and protection from deportation to Myanmar.
refugeeasylumimmigrationnon-refoulementimmigration-detention - India· 2021· High Court of Manipur at ImphalfavorableHigh precedentSource checked
Nandita Haksar v State of Manipur and Others, W.P.(Crl.) No. 6 of 2021
Whether Myanmar nationals, including journalists and children who entered India without documents after the Myanmar coup, could be protected long enough to approach UNHCR.
refugeeasylumimmigrationnon-refoulement - United States· 2020· US Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitfavorableSource checked
Innovation Law Lab v Wolf, 951 F.3d 1073 (9th Cir. 2020)
'Remain in Mexico' (MPP) policy; statutory authority; refoulement risk
asylumborder-externalizationnon-refoulementrefugeestatutory-authority - European Court of Human Rights· 2019· ECtHR (Grand Chamber)favorableHigh precedentSource checked
Ilias and Ahmed v Hungary (GC), App No 47287/15 (2019)
Transit-zone confinement; removal to Serbia; procedural safeguards
asylumdetention-conditionsprocedural-safeguardsrefugeetransit-zones - South Africa· 2018· Constitutional Court of South AfricafavorableHigh precedentSource checked
Ruta v Minister of Home Affairs [2018] ZACC 52
Right to apply for asylum; delays; non-refoulement; primacy of Refugees Act
asylumasylum-accessnon-refoulementprocedural-delaysrefugee - South Africa· 2017· Constitutional Court of South AfricafavorableHigh precedentSource checked
Lawyers for Human Rights v Minister of Home Affairs [2017] ZACC 22
Immigration detention safeguards; judicial oversight
asylumconstitutional-protectionsdetention-conditionsjudicial-oversightrefugee - Australia (National)· 2016· High Court of AustraliaadverseHigh precedentSource checked
Plaintiff M68/2015 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] HCA 1
Constitutional validity of the Commonwealth's participation in and funding of the detention of asylum seekers at the Nauru Regional Processing Centre.
asylumimmigration-detentionnon-refoulementoffshore-processingrefugee+1 - Papua New Guinea· 2016· Supreme Court of Papua New GuineafavorableHigh precedentSource checked
Namah v Pato [2016] PGSC 13; SC1497
Legality of Australia's offshore detention of asylum seekers transferred to the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre under the Australia-PNG arrangement; right to personal liberty under s42 of the PNG Constitution.
asylumimmigration-detentionnon-refoulementoffshore-processingrefugee+1 - India· 2015· Delhi High CourtfavorableSource checked
Dongh Lian Kham and Another v Union of India and Another, WP(CRL) No.1884/2015
Whether Myanmar nationals with UNHCR refugee certificates could be deported without consideration of protection risk and possible UNHCR or third-country options.
refugeeasylumimmigrationnon-refoulement - Australia (National)· 2015· High Court of AustraliaadverseHigh precedentSource checked
CPCF v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] HCA 1
Lawfulness of detaining at sea, and taking towards another country, a group of Tamil asylum seekers intercepted en route to Australia.
asylumimmigration-detentioninterception-at-seanon-refoulementrefugee - Australia (National)· 2014· High Court of AustraliaadverseHigh precedentSource checked
Plaintiff S156/2013 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] HCA 22
Validity of the designation of Papua New Guinea as a regional processing country and the removal of asylum seekers there under the Migration Act.
asylumimmigration-detentionnon-refoulementoffshore-processingrefugee+1 - Hong Kong· 2013· Hong Kong Court of Final AppealfavorableHigh precedentSource checked
C v Director of Immigration [2013] HKCFA 21; (2013) 16 HKCFAR 280 (FACV 18-20/2011)
Whether the duty to assess risk before removal extends beyond torture to a well-founded fear of persecution, when UNHCR (not the government) conducts refugee status determination in Hong Kong.
asylumnon-refoulementrefugeetorture-(cat) - European Court of Human Rights· 2012· ECtHR (Grand Chamber)favorableHigh precedentSource checked
Hirsi Jamaa and Others v Italy (GC), App No 27765/09
High-seas pushbacks; extraterritorial jurisdiction; collective expulsion
asylumcollective-expulsionextraterritorial-jurisdictionpushbacksrefugee - Hong Kong· 2012· Hong Kong Court of Final AppealfavorableHigh precedentSource checked
Ubamaka Edward Wilson v Secretary for Security (2012) 15 HKCFAR 743; [2012] HKCFA 87
Whether the protection against torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (article 3 of the Bill of Rights Ordinance, reflecting ICCPR article 7) is absolute, and whether the Director must assess that risk before removal.
asylumnon-refoulementrefugeetorture-(cat) - Australia (National)· 2011· High Court of AustraliafavorableHigh precedentSource checked
Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration ('Malaysia Solution')
Offshore transfer to non-signatory 'safe country'; statutory preconditions
asylumoffshore-processingrefugeestatutory-authoritythird-country-transfers - United Kingdom / EU context· 2011· CJEU (Grand Chamber)favorableHigh precedentSource checked
N.S. v SSHD; M.E. and Others v Refugee Applications Commissioner (Joined Cases C-411/10 & C-493/10)
Dublin transfers; systemic deficiencies test; suspending transfers
asylumdublin-transfersnon-refoulementrefugeesystemic-deficiencies - European Court of Human Rights· 2011· ECtHR (Grand Chamber)favorableHigh precedentSource checked
M.S.S. v Belgium and Greece (GC), App No 30696/09
Dublin transfer to Greece; reception & detention conditions; effective remedy
asylumdetention-conditionsdublin-transferseffective-remedyrefugee