MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Italian authorities have granted a Nigerian migrant $40,000 following the ruling that his human rights were infringed in his daughter’s adopting process, a European Rights Group said Friday.
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.
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.
