The Supreme Court recently ordered the release of an asylum seeker after it ruled that his detention for the last five months was unlawful, since, after his arrest for illegal stay in Cyprus in August 2020, he had been under the status of an asylum seeker since last November.
The continued detention at the Menoyia accommodation centre of the applicant, who applied for a writ of habeas corpus, was illegal, according to the Supreme Court's decision.
The Court noted that although it was not precisely on that basis that petitioner sought to be released, although there was partial coincidence as to the length of his detention, as found he was unlawfully detained from July 30, 2021 until the date of the judgment.
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