The ‘Returns’ Directive (2008/115) applies to any third-country national who has entered the territory of a Member State of the European Union illegally even before crossing a border crossing point where checks are temporarily re-established under the Schengen Borders Code, ruled the Court of Justice of the EU in a judgment delivered on Thursday 21 September (Case C-143/22).
In France, a number of associations, including ‘Avocats pour la défense des droits des étrangers’ (Lawyers...