The restriction of asylum seekers to an airport transit zone for a long time under miserable conditions violated the ECHR.
JUDGMENT Z.A. and others v. Russia 21/11/2019 (no. 61411/15) see here SUMMARY Four men were held in the Moscow airport transit zone for a long time while authorities were examining their asylum applications. None of them, in the end, remained in Russia. Unanimous violation of the right to liberty and security and the prohibition of […]