The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the French authorities did not fulfill their obligations towards asylum seekers. European
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the French authorities did not fulfill their obligations towards asylum seekers.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned France on Thursday for the “inhumane and degrading conditions of existence” of asylum seekers, forced to live “on the streets” and “deprived of means of livelihood”.
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“The French authorities have not (…) fulfilled their obligations” to the detriment of the plaintiff, according to a press release from the court based in Strasbourg, France. “They must answer for the conditions in which the applicants found themselves for months, living on the street, with no means, no access to a toilet, no way to meet their basic needs and in the anxiety of being constantly attacked and robbed,” the Court pointed out.
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“Degrading treatment”
“The applicants were victims of humiliating treatment, showing disrespect for their dignity,” adds the court responsible for ensuring respect for human rights in the 47 countries of the Council of Europe.
She notes that the three men were “living on the streets with no financial means”, receiving a Temporary Waiting Allocation (ATA) only after very long delays. Otherwise, before they were able to register their asylum claim, they were subjected to “time frames in which they could not justify their status as asylum seekers”.
judges in Strasbourg, “this situation awakened in them feelings of fear, anxiety or inferiority, which led to despair”.
“efforts” still recognized
However, the Court is careful to “emphasize that it is aware of the constant increase in the number of asylum seekers since 2007 and the saturation of reception structures.
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It also recognizes the “efforts of the French authorities to create places for additional accommodation and shorten the deadlines for consideration of asylum applications”.
However, she believes that “these circumstances do not exclude that the asylum seeker’s situation could be such that it could pose a problem” in terms of France’s compliance with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment).
therefore, the Court “unanimously” concluded a violation of this article and awarded 10,000 euros to two applicants, and 12,000 euros to the third in the name of non-material damage. This is the fourth time that the European Court of Human Rights has condemned France in less than a month.
Date of update: July 2, 2020, 09:58
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Source: newstars.edu.vn