Court Says German Refugee Housing Can't Be Based on Funding
- EU top court rules on German refugee housing restrictions
- Restrictions can be applied in some cases to help integration
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Germany can’t limit where refugees live solely based on financial considerations, the European Union’s highest court said in a case involving two Syrian immigrants who came to the country more than a decade before the current crisis.
A country can only limit where a refugee lives when it would help integrate them in the community, the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg said in a ruling Tuesday. The status of the refugees would have to be completely different to that of other non-EU immigrants to a nation.