Brussels, 05/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - Advocate General Maciej Szpunar says in an opinion delivered on Thursday 4 February that the European Treaty does not allow national rules which impose the automatic refusal of a residence permit on the grounds of their criminal record for non-EU nationals who have sole care of minor children who are citizens of the EU when the refusal would require the children to leave the EU.
Two cases were referred to the Court of Justice of the EU - one from the...