Luxembourg (AFP) - EU nations can reject asylum seekers who have taken part in a terrorist groups' activities even if their role was confined to logistics, the bloc's top court ruled Tuesday.
The European Court of Justice ruled against a Moroccan whose request for asylum in Belgium was rejected after a Belgian court convicted him in 2006 of forging passports for a Moroccan group recruiting jihadists for Iraq.
It said the Moroccan, Mostafa Lounani, had applied for refugee status expressing fears of persecution if he were returned to his home country which would likely view him as a radical Islamist and jihadist.
"An application for asylum can be rejected if the asylum seeker has participated in the activities of a terrorist network," the court ruled.
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