Fri. Sep 20th, 2024

Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl

Asylum for Afghan Women: EU Advovate General Opinion in Joined Cases C-608/22 and Case C-609/22 Austrian Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl and others

EU Court of Justice Palais de la Cour de Justice, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, Kirchberg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Two Afghan women applied for asylum in Austria, but the Austrian authorities rejected their applications. The authorities considered that the first woman's reason for fleeing was not credible and that the second woman did not face a real risk of persecution in Afghanistan.