Press Release: Judgments in Joined Cases C-473/13 and C-514/13 and in Case C-474/13 Adala Bero v Regierungspräsidium Kassel, Ettayebi Bouzalmate v Kreisverwaltung Kleve and Thi Ly Pham v Stadt Schweinfurt

The European Court of Justice ruled on the 17 July 2014 that a Member State could not rely on the fact that there are no specialised facilities in a part of its territory to justify detaining third-country nationals in prison pending their removal.

• Primary Source

Deutsche Welle, 17.07.14: EU court to Germany: Get deportees out of prisons http://dw.de/p/1CeZj

ESO: Background information: How to ensure fair, humane and effective return procedures? http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-how-to-ensure-fair-humane-and-effective-return-procedures/

EurActiv, 18.07.14: Germany's deportees cannot be held in prisons, ECJ rules http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/germanys-deportees-cannot-be-held-prisons-ecj-rules-303587

---