COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Social

Non-EU nationals residing legally in a member state are generally eligible to receive social security benefits

Brussels, 21/06/2017 (Agence Europe)

In a decision made on Wednesday 21 June (C-449/16), the European Court of Justice stated that a national of a non-EU country holding a single work permit in a Member State enjoys, as a general rule, the social security benefits provided for nationals of that State.

Mrs Kerly Del Rosario Martinez Silva, a national of a non-EU country, lives in Italy with her three minor children. She holds a single work permit valid for longer than six months. In 2014, she applied to INPS (National Social...