Brussels, 23/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - Spain cannot impose a fine on a third country national residing illegally in the country instead of removal, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled on Thursday 23 April in case C-38/14.
The Court was responding to a question from a Spanish court that is hearing the case of an illegally resident Moroccan national who had been ordered to leave the country and was subject to a ban on re-entry for five years. Following an appeal by the Moroccan national, the...