When it comes to policies on irregular migration, it is sometimes courts, not parliaments, that call the shots.
A ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) last month proved the point.
The court ruled that the Spanish government did not violate the principle of non-refoulment (prohibition of collective expulsions) contained in Protocol 4 o...
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Already a member? Login hereVít Novotný is a senior researcher officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, the official think tank of the European People's Party.
Vít Novotný is a senior researcher officer at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, the official think tank of the European People's Party.