Brussels, 28/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - The Italian law which allows a prison term to be imposed on an illegally staying third-country national who does not comply with an order to leave the national territory runs counter to the European directive on the return of illegal immigrants. A penalty such as that provided for by the Italian legislation is liable to jeopardise the attainment of the objective of the “returns directive” (2008/115/EC) of introducing an effective policy for removal...