The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg has ruled that Hungary's asylum process is partly in violation of EU law. The ruling said that Hungary's asylum system violates EU law as it is designed to limit access to the case files for certain applicants as well as for their legal council.
A Syrian man living in Malta has been charged with human trafficking for allegedly coordinating a migrant boat's arrival into the country, according to Maltese media reports. Police said investigations are still ongoing and that further arrests in connection with the case should not be excluded.
The European Court of Justice has ruled that a third-country national who holds a residence permit as a family member of an EU citizen can obtain long-term resident status. The case involved a Ghanaian mother and her son, who has Dutch nationality.
Italy's highest court has ruled that a migrant does not need a permanent work contract to be granted a stay permit for humanitarian reasons. The judges ruled that a Nigerian man who attended Italian classes and had fixed-term employment should be allowed to stay, overturning a lower court ruling.
Abdelkarim Bendjeriou-Sedjerari from Algeria will not receive refugee status in Germany, a German administrative court has ruled. The asylum seeker says he fears for his life in his home country because he is gay.
The Court of Justice of the European Union has established that a hosting program for a migrant applying for international protection can't be revoked, even if he or she has been responsible of crimes and violent acts. Depriving an immigrant of hosting conditions "always constitutes a disproportionate sanction as it is detrimental to human dignity," the court noted.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has overturned a German rule on family reunification, thereby strengthening the rights of underage migrants. It ruled that the German practice of denying minors in Syria to reunite with their family in Germany violates EU law.
In a case involving Italy and the German migrant rescue organization Sea Watch, Europe's top court has ruled that port authorities must demonstrate a threat to "safety, health or the environment" when detaining a ship.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Italy for the "inhuman and degrading treatment" of a young Gambian migrant who was treated by authorities as adult and placed in a shelter for adults, despite having informed them he was a minor.
A court in Nador has sentenced 33 migrants to 11 months behind bars for "illegal entry" and "disobedience." Rights groups have slammed the decision, urging the court to overturn the decision.
The Crotone court in Italy's southern province of Calabria has sentenced eight people including lawyers and cultural mediators to jail time on charges of being part of a criminal association for the illegal entrance into the country through fake stay permits.
Bundeswehr soldier Franco A. has been found guilty of planning terrorist attacks, after also been posing as a Syrian refugee. His case has raised concerns about German immigration authorities and the military.