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 for protection based on persecution in their home country, but the lower court found insufficient evidence of a well-founded fear. Consequently, the Supreme Court upheld the rejection, emphasizing the strict evidentiary burden on the claimant under EU directives.