In a judgement made on Thursday, 7 December (C-636/16) the European Court of Justice indicated that a decision may not be adopted to expel a third-country national who is a long-term resident for the sole reason that he or she has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than one year.
A Colombian national, who was granted a long-term residence permit in Spain in 2013, was later sentenced to two terms of imprisonment, one of 12 months and one of three months, and consequently sent to...