On Thursday 18 December 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in the Sidi Bouzid case (C-184/24) that a Member State cannot withdraw all material reception conditions from an applicant for international protection simply because the applicant refuses to be transferred to another accommodation centre.
The case concerns an applicant for international protection and his minor child, living in Milan. In 2023, the Milan prefecture decided to withdraw these conditions,...