Brussels, 06/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - French legislation, which allows an illegally staying third country national to have a prison sentence imposed on him/her during the return procedure is not in line with the EU directive on returns (Directive 2008/115/EC).
This ruling by the EU Court of Justice was delivered on 6 December (Case C-329/11) to the Cour d'appel de Paris (Court of Appeal, Paris). The latter had asked the Court of Justice of the EU whether the return directive precludes...