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Mon 06 Jun 20071,000 married couples face 'legal fiasco'An estimated 1,000 married couples remain in what is being described by the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland as a "legal fiasco" following a High Court ruling that the Department of Justice is within its rights to insist non-EU spouses of EU citizens live in another member state before being allowed to live and work here.The European Commission is investigating the stance of the department, it has emerged.