When a third-country national who is a family member of an EU citizen does not return at the same time as the European citizen to the country of origin of the latter, a residence permit may not be summarily refused on the sole grounds of this time difference, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled in a judgment returned on Wednesday 27 June (case C-230/17).
Erdem Deha Altiner is a Turkish minor who lives in the custody of his Turkish mother following his parents' divorce. His Turkish father...