Italian laws concerning
illegal residents who return after being deported are superseded
by European directives, a European Union official said Tuesday.
Advocate General Maciej Szpunar told the European Court of
Justice that the EU's directive "does not tolerate" Italian laws
that provide for the imprisonment of third-country nationals who
return to Italy after being deported.
"The European directive on the repatriation of
third-country nationals residing without authorization does not
tolerate Italian legislation, which provides for imprisonment of
the citizen as he returned to Italy after being repatriated to
his country of origin", Szpunar said.
He was speaking in a case that was sent to the EU court by
a tribunale in Florence.
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