When Adrian Coman and Clai Hamilton went out on a date in New York one June day 16 years ago, little did they know that their love story would end in a happy day for gay rights in Europe.
But from Tuesday (5 June), the six EU countries that do not recognise same-sex spouses' immigration rights will be forced to do so in line with an EU court ruling on C‑673/16, in what became the Coman-Hamilton case.
"In the directive on the exercise of freedom of movement, the term 'spouse', whi...
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