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Posts published in November 2010

The EU Court of Justice rules on terrorism and refugee status

The Court of Justice of the European Union has judged that refugee status cannot be automatically refused for having been a member of a terrorist group.   The following summary is from ECRE – European Council on Refugees and Exiles (www.ecre.org): “In its ruling on 9 November in combined cases C-57/09 and C-101/09, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared that being a former member of a terrorist group does not automatically mean that the person should be excluded from being a refugee. This decision depends on an assessment of the specific facts of the case and whether the…