62022CJ0374_SUM
Case C‑374/22
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Commissaire général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (Belgium))
Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 23 November 2023
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2011/95/EU – Standards for granting refugee status or subsidiary protection status – Father of minor refugee children born in Belgium – Father not a ‘family member’ within the meaning of Article 2(j) of that directive – Application for the grant of international protection, as a derived right, submitted by that father – Rejection – No obligation on Member States to recognise the right of the person concerned to obtain that protection if he does not individually qualify for it – Article 23(2) of that directive – Inapplicability)
Border controls, asylum and immigration – Asylum policy – Refugee status or subsidiary protection status – Directive 2011/95 – More favourable standards – Maintaining family unity – Child who has refugee status in a Member State – Obligation for the Member States to grant the parent of that child the right to international protection in that Member State – None
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2011/95, Art. 23)
(see paragraphs 20-22, 24, 25, operative part)
See the text of the decision.