16/09/2024 – 07/10/2024

  • On 4 October, the Court of Justice of the European Union, following the RSA and GCR cases on Turkey as a safe country, ruled that Member States cannot reject asylum applications on the basis of the “safe third country” principle if the country in question does not accept readmission.
  • On 25 September, Homayoun Sabetara was released from prison after his sentence was reduced to a minimum. In August 2021, while fleeing Iran and forced to drive a car with seven passengers, he was arrested by the Greek authorities and sentenced to 18 years for alleged smuggling.
  • On 23 September, the political parties Sumar and PSOE announced an agreement to reactivate a popular initiative to regularize the status of some 500,000 migrants already living and working in Spain.