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Vladislava Stoyanova

Senior lecturer

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Uniformity of refugee status in EU law and secondary movements: insights from QY v Germany and A., v Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Hamm

Author

  • Vladislava Stoyanova

Summary, in English

In QY v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Effect of a decision granting refugee status) the Court of Justice held that Member State are not required under EU to automatically recognize the positive decision issued by another Member State. Such a positive decision does have some significance, but very far from being anything close to automatically binding as to the positive conclusion that the applicant is eligible for refugee status. In this article, after briefly describing the facts, I explain the Court’s arguments in QY and their justifications. I also make relevant comparative references to the new EU asylum regulations adopted in 2024 (i.e. the 2024 Qualification Regulation and the 2024 Procedures Regulation). More specifically, Section 2 explains that there is no uniform refugee status in the EU. Section 3 clarifies that in QY the Court reasoned in favour of procedural obligation upon Member States to take ‘full account’ of positive decisions made by other Member States. Finally, Section 4 explores the link between, on the one hand, the effects of positive decisions for Member States and, on the other, the content of the refugee status. To proceed with this exploration, A., v Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Hamm delivered on the same day as QY is taken into account.

Department/s

  • Department of Law
  • Human Rights Law
  • Migration Law
  • Public International Law
  • LU Profile Area: Human rights

Publishing year

2025

Language

English

Pages

45-53

Publication/Series

European Papers

Volume

10

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

European Paper

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • Public international law
  • Human rights
  • Folkrätt
  • Mäskliga rättigheter

Status

Published

Project

  • The Borders Within: the Multifaceted Legal Landscape of Migrant Integration in Europe

Research group

  • Human Rights Law
  • Migration Law
  • Public International Law

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2499-8249