The European Court of Justice said
Tuesday that it has ruled that EU member States cannot
repatriate people who have a well-founded fear of torture or
other forms of inhumane treatment in their country of origin
even if they have not been formally granted refugee status or
their refugee status has been revoked.
The court said that stance applied to the cases of an Ivorian
national, a Congolese national and an individual of Chechen
origin in Belgium and the Czech Republic.
It said this position held true even if in the case of
persons representing a danger either to the security of the host
Member State or, having been convicted of a particularly serious
crime, to the community of that State.
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