Brussels, 11/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - A failure to respect the rights of defence in a decision extending detention for the purpose of removal does not automatically bring about the lifting of the detention, but national courts must verify whether non-violation of the rights of defence (by releasing the immigrant rather than keeping him or her detained) would have led to a different outcome.
This is the substance of a ruling on 10 September by the European Court of Justice in Case C-383/13,...