Definition: Final decision

Category: International Migration and Asylum

Decision taken by administrative or judicial bodies in appeal or in review and which are no longer subject to remedy. The true 'final instance' may be, according to the national legislation and administrative procedures, a decision of the highest national court. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/migr_asydec_esms.htm Eurostat, "Technical guidelines to the new asylum templates", February 2008