"A Member State may designate
safe countries of origin by legislative act and must disclose,
for the purposes of judicial review, the sources of information
on which the designation is based," wrote the Advocate General
of the EU Court of Justice, Richard de la Tour, in his
conclusions on the cases involving the Italy-Albania protocol
and the definition of safe country of origin.
The Member State "may, under certain conditions, grant a
third country the status of safe country of origin, while at the
same time identifying limited categories of persons who could be
subject to the risk of persecution or serious violations," he
added. The decision is expected between the end of May and the
start of June.
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