The applicants complained they were required to pay school fees as a result of their Kazakh nationality and immigration status.
Held: ‘… [A state] may also, in certain circumstances, justifiably differentiate between different categories of aliens residing in its territory. For instance, the preferential treatment of nationals of member states of the European Union – some of whom were exempted from school fees when Bulgaria acceded to the Union – may be said to be based on an objective and reasonable justification because the Union forms a special legal order, which has, moreover, established its own citizenship.’
Citations:
5335/05, [2007] ECHR 768
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See Also – Ponomaryov and Others v Bulgaria ECHR 10-Feb-2009
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See Also – Ponomaryov and Others v Bulgaria ECHR 21-Jun-2011
Two boys were born to Russian parents in what became Kazakhstan. After their parents’ divorce, their mother married a Bulgarian and they all came to live in Bulgaria. The mother was granted a permanent residence permit and the boys were entitled to . .
Cited – Nouazli, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department SC 20-Apr-2016
The court considered the compatibility with EU law of regulations 21 and 24 of the 2006 Regulations, and the legality at common law of the appellant’s administrative detention from 3 April until 6 June 2012 and of bail restrictions thereafter until . .
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Human Rights, Education, Discrimination
Updated: 12 July 2022; Ref: scu.259726