Thursday, July 27th., 2017
EU top court rules that Austria, Slovenia
can deport asylum seekers
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that refugees must continue to seek asylum in the first European country they reach, even in exceptional circumstances like the migrant crisis of 2015, CNN reported. The ECJ ruled Wednesday that Austria and Slovenia were entitled to deport two Afghan families and a Syrian who applied for asylum to Croatia, the first EU nation they entered. The court’s decision opens up the possibility of the deportation of hundreds of asylum seekers who arrived in Europe in 2015 and early 2016.