The Council of State on Friday limited the system of “refusals of entry” to internal borders. Refusal of entry into the territory must be done through an admission procedure.
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) had already ruled in September that France could not, in all cases, turn back foreigners who entered its territory illegally at the border. “It is a victory in the sense that the refusal of entry, which was in a gray area, must be subject to European and international legislation,” said Me Patrice Spinosi, lawyer for the ADDE.