Italian court dismisses asylum claim where applicant failed to prove non-refoulement risk under EU law.

The Corte di Cassazione dismissed the asylum applicant's appeal, ruling that the domestic court erred in assessing the risk of refoulement. The applicant argued that returning to their home country would expose them to persecution, but the lower court found insufficient evidence to support this claim. Consequently, the Supreme Court upheld the rejection, emphasizing the strict burden of proof required for asylum seekers under EU directives.