In the case of B.A. v. Cyprus, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the applicantsć rights to liberty and security, as well as the lawfulness of their detention, had been violated.

The case concerned the lawfulness of the applicant’s detention, which occurred after they arrived in Cyprus as an asylum seeker, on grounds of national security. It also addressed the excessive length of the domestic proceedings, which lasted over two years and nine months.

The Court awarded the applicant €10,000 in non-pecuniary damages.

On 19 September, the ECtHR ruled that Hungary had violated Article 4 of Protocol No. 4 (prohibition of collective expulsion) in the case of an Afghan family of six, who currently reside in Germany.

The case concerned the family's removal from Hungary to Serbia. After fleeing Iran, the family arrived in January 2019 at the Röszke transit zone, located at the Hungarian-Serbian border. The Hungarian authorities rejected their asylum application and ordered their removal to Serbia. However, Serbia refused to readmit them, and the destination country was changed to Afghanistan. Instead of being expelled to Afghanistan, the family alleged that, in May 2019, they were forcibly driven from the transit zone and made to cross the border into Serbia. According to the Hungarian Government, the family had voluntarily chosen to leave for Serbia.

The applicants complained that they had been forced to return to Serbia without a valid decision ordering their expulsion, despite the Serbian authorities' refusal to readmit them, and without access to an interpreter or legal representation.

The Court awarded the family €9,000 in non-pecuniary damages.