migration

2 case reports

10 Aug 2026

Case C-482/26, Breedsloot – one word that may decide who picks the destination

The Return Directive defines return to a third country as one the person 'voluntarily decides to return' to. If that word governs the choice of destination, a State cannot send anyone to a safe third country they did not pick. The Dutch Council of State asks.

3 Aug 2026

Case C-449/26, Freie Hansestadt Bremen – must the risk be assessed twice?

One authority withdraws international protection and finds no risk of ill-treatment. A second authority then orders removal. Must it examine that risk again from the beginning — and what happens to evidence the person could have produced earlier but did not? The Bremen administrative court asks.