France’s ban on religious clothing in schools did not prevent removal of asylum seeker there under Dublin Regulation – UK Human Rights Blog

‘France is a country which observes its Convention obligations therefore it is not in breach of Article 3 or any other of the Convention’s provisions to return an asylum seeker thence under the Dublin Regulation, since that system provides that once a Member State has “taken charge” of an application for asylum (as France has in this case) it has exclusive responsibility for processing and determining the claim for asylum. The prohibition on religious clothing in public schools in France did not disclose a threat to the second appellant’s Convention rights.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 1st July 2014

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