The subject matter concerns a preliminary ruling request, from the Rechtbank Den Haag, zittingsplaats Roermond (Netherlands), lodged on 14 March 2023, concerning the possible obligation of the national court, in proceedings regarding an application for permission to stay, to verify ex officio the observance of the principle of non-refoulement.

The appellants in the main proceedings are two sisters and their parents, all of whom have Armenian nationality and have resided in the Netherlands since 2011 without a permanent residence permit. Following the rejection of their application for international protection and a new application for permission to stay dating from 2016, they submitted a third application for permission to stay in 2019. That application was also rejected, as was their objection to that decision, following which they brought an action in the main proceedings against the rejection of their objection.

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