The European Court of Justice agreed in a landmark July ruling that puts the residency status of tens of thousands of other refugees in doubt. After they fled Afghanistan, Jafari, her 4-year-old son, her sister and the sister’s two children travelled through Serbia to Croatia, an EU member country since July 2013. Croatian authorities arranged transportation to Slovenia, and the sisters and their children made their way to Austria. But lawyers argued the Jafari family had become so well-integrated that they and others like them should be allowed to remain. Even with the European court ruling in the sisters’ appeal, Austria did not have to deport them, Riedl said.

Source: National Post March 15, 2018 17:15 UTC