A court in Italy's northern city of Lecco on October 14 fined the economy ministry for having introducing additional fees for migrants requesting a renewal of their stay permits in 2011. The measure had already been contested in 2015 by the European Court of Justice.
The appeal of a woman from Mauritania against her denied asylum request in Germany should not have been rejected, Germany's highest court said on Wednesday. The woman claimed to be born into a rigid caste system.
A court in Vietnam sentenced four people to several years in prison over their involvement in the deaths of 39 migrants, whose bodies were found in the back of a truck outside London last October.
The Council of State, Italy's highest administrative court, rejected an appeal contesting the 2017 allocation of 2.5 million euros to Libya's interior ministry from Italy's Africa Fund. The appeal claimed that the funds, used to support Libya's coast guard, worsened the condition of migrants in Libya.
Five Eritrean citizens arrived in Italy on Sunday after the Court of Rome recognized their right to apply for asylum. In 2009, Italy had rescued the migrants in the Mediterranean Sea and illegally sent them back to Libya.
A court has confirmed that the seizure of properties belonging to a farming company in Italy was legal. Its leaders allegedly exploited and abused African farmworkers. The migrants reportedly had to work 12 hours a day, without a day off, for €4.50 an hour. They were also subjected to racist insults and not provided protective gear against the coronavirus.
An Italian court has rejected a decree to close Sicily's migrant centers. The order had been made by the governor of Sicily, who said it was aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus.
A judge has ruled against the municipality of Castel Volturno in Italy's southern Campania region after it refused to pay a maternity grant and family benefits to a Nigerian migrant. The judge said that similar EU legislation demanded the woman be treated equally.
Migrants and refugees in the EU can apply to reunite with their children and bring them to Europe if the children are minors. But what if they reach majority during the proceedings? They can still be reunited with their parents, because what matters is the age they were when the application was filed, the European Court of Justice has ruled.
An Italian court has sentenced a bus driver to 24 years in prison for hijacking of a school bus. The judges considered this an act of terrorism. The man was reportedly motivated by "political reasons" and his opposition to the hardline anti-migration policies of the then interior minister.
A German national is on trial after promoting the illegal practice of "civil society asylum" on a website under his name. Among other means, he is alleged to have advocated hiding rejected asylum seekers in private homes.
A regulation introduced by Italy's former interior minister Matteo Salvini that denies asylum seekers the possibility to be listed in the official registry has been rejected by the country's Constitutional Court. The regulation had been brought in as part of a ''security decree'' and complaints that it was unconstitutional had been filed by courts in Milan, Ancona and Salerno.