| Title | Arrêt n°18/2018 |
| Publisher | Belgium: Cour constitutionnelle |
| Publication Date | 22 February 2018 |
| Country | Belgium |
| Topics | Access to procedures | Equality before the law | Residence permits / Residency | Statelessness |
| Cite as | Arrêt n°18/2018, Belgium: Cour constitutionnelle, 22 February 2018, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,BEL_CC,61f26ee14.html [accessed 5 October 2022] |
| Comments | The court annulled article 1 of the Law of 15 december 1980 on aliens on the grounds that, the absence of an derogatory regime to the benefit of stateless persons for the fee due in the residence regularisation procedure, constitutes an unjustified difference of treatment between refugees and stateless persons. The absence of an automatic right of residence implies that, de facto, stateless persons have to pay this fee whilst refugees do not. |
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