Brussels, 14/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - In order to be eligible for grants for studying abroad, students living in the Netherlands must have lived in the Netherlands for at least three of the previous six years, which discriminates against immigrants because the Netherlands could not demonstrate that the residence rule did not outstrip the aim of promoting student mobility.
This was the ruling of the European Court of Justice in Case C-542/09, issued on Thursday 14 June 2012, finding in...