An Eritrean carpenter residing in Sudan was arrested in 2016 as part of a joint British-Italian operation. Three years later, a court in Sicily said he isn't the human trafficking kingpin they wanted.
A German court sentenced 22-year-old Iraqi national Ali B. to life in prison for raping and killing a 14-year-old girl in Mainz. The man had admitted to murder but insisted that he and the girl had consensual sex.
An Italian appeals court has sentenced a 23-year-old Libyan man to 16 years in jail for the murder of a migrant who did not obey an order to take off his hat because he did not understand Arabic. A court of first instance had previously sentenced him to life.
Germany’s Office for Migration and Refugees must not discriminate against individual family members when assessing deportation bans, Germany’s highest administrative court has ruled. The core family - parents and children - must stay together.
Carola Rackete, the 31-year-old German captain of a migrant rescue vessel, was detained in Italy after refusing to stand down in the face of military orders. Italy had banned the Sea-Watch ship from entering its waters.
Four years ago, the bodies of 71 migrants were found inside an abandoned truck in Austria. The main suspects had already been sentenced, but now an appeals court in Hungary has delivered the final ruling on the case.
In France, asylum seekers who do not speak French - or who don’t speak it well enough - must use interpreters to tell their story at Ofpra (French Office for Protection for Refugees and Stateless people) or the CNDA (France's National Court of Asylum). Interpreting requires rigor and neutrality. However, in practice, and despite the importance of the issue, translation errors do occur.
The case of a migrant defendant who appeared in court in Naples, Italy, without a shirt and barefoot has sparked a controversy. The migrant was given a shirt to cover up and a pair of shoes over an hour after the beginning of the hearing.
A court in Calabria has ruled that it was wrong of the interior ministry to exclude the town of Riace from its refugee and asylum seeker protection system, known as SPRAR.
The European Court of Justice has ruled that countries cannot deport people who would be in serious danger in their countries of origin, even if they commit crimes. However, they could lose their refugee status.
A court in Malta has fined a German captain for sailing an improperly registered rescue ship to save displaced people on the Mediterranean Sea. Malta and Italy have repeatedly closed ports to volunteer rescue ships.
It is not legal to reject asylum requests on the basis of generic "international sources," Italy's highest court has ruled. Instead, the authorities must avoid "stereotyped formulas" and seek out "updated information" on the safety situation in the country of origin.