Italian authorities have granted a Nigerian migrant $40,000 following the ruling that his human rights were infringed.
The case submitted last year concerned the Italian court’s decision to place Eyitope Akinnibosun’s two-year old daughter, who travelled with him from Lybia to Italy in 2008, in the care of social services and her subsequent adoption by a foster family.
On their arrival, the undocumented migrants were transferred in a refugee centre in Trepuzzi, where the psychiatrist noted Akinnibosun’s daughter was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and had a difficult relationship with her father suspected of contributing to the illegal trafficking of people.
In 2013, following the Lecce Family Court’s ruling to suspend the migrant’s parental responsibility and contact rights on the basis of his material and emotional inability to take care of his daughter, the child was placed in a foster family and subsequently declared eligible for adoption.On July 16, the European Court of Human rights declared a violation of Article 8, right to respect for private and family life. According to Human Rights Europe organization, Italian authorities compensated Akinnibosun non-pecuniary damage, other costs and expenses, resulted from the social services not taking the appropriate steps to enable the migrant maintain any ties with his daughter and overcome their difficulties.
Recent conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East displaced millions, triggering a mass exodus to neighbouring countries and an influx of undocumented immigrants to Europe. According to UN data, some 130,000 people have risked the journey across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe so far in 2015.
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À leur arrivée, les migrants sans papiers ont ététransférés dans un centre de réfugiés à Trepuzzi, oùle psychiatre note fille d’isabelle souffrait de stresspost-traumatique et avait une relation difficile avecson père soupçonnés de contribuer au trafic illégalde personnes.
En 2013, suite à la décision de la Cour Lecce de lafamille de suspendre du migrant de responsabilitéparentale et les droits de contact sur la base de sonmatériel et affective incapacité de prendre soin de safille, l’enfant a été placé dans une famille d’accueil etpar la suite déclaré admissible à l’adoption.
Des conflits récents en Afrique du Nord et du MoyenOrient déplacement des millions, déclenchant unexode massif vers les pays voisins et un affluxd’immigrants clandestins vers l’Europe. Selon lesdonnées de l’ONU, quelque 130 000 personnes ontrisqué le voyage à travers la Méditerranée versl’Europe jusqu’en 2015.
