The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Germany on Tuesday over the deportation of a Syrian asylum seeker to Greece, finding that German authorities failed to guarantee the man’s rights and subjected him to mistreatment.
The court ordered Germany to pay €8,000 ($8,719) in damages, while Greece was also fined for violating the European Convention on Human Rights.
The case concerns a Syrian refugee, born in 1993, who initially fled to Greece in 2018 before traveling to Germany.
Upon his arrival in Germany, he requested asylum but was deported back to Greece the same day under…
