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Commission publishes guidance on family reunification
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The European Commission has recently published guidance on how the Family Reunification Directive should be correctly applied across Member States while at the same time avoiding possible...

 abuses. Migrants’ right to family reunification is recognised throughout the EU. Common rules are in place on the conditions under which family members of a non-EU citizen, legally resident in a Member State, are allowed to...

Home Office appeals decision on family income threshold
By Richmond Chambers -

The Home Office has announced that it is appealing against a recent High Court judgment on minimum income threshold for people sponsoring family members to live in the UK. Changes to family migration rules, including...

 the introduction of a minimum income threshold, were brought in last July. According to the Government, they were designed to ensure non-EEA spouses/partners and children of British citizens, or those...

Right of appeal for family visit visas abolished
By Richmond Chambers -

The right of appeal against the refusal of a family visit visa application has been removed with effect from 25th June 2013, unless the appeal is on human rights or race discrimination grounds. Previously,...

 the right of appeal was being used by applicants to submit further information to support their claim, instead of making a fresh application. Under the new system, anyone refused a visit visa may reapply as many...

Home Office policy concerning children found to be unlawful
By Richmond Chambers -

A High Court judgment in the case of SM and TM and JD and Others v SSHD [2013] EWCA 1144 (Admin) has upheld the rights of children affected by immigration decisions. The Home Office policy on Discretionary Leave...

 to Remain, which was in force at the time the decisions in question were made, has been found to be unlawful as it failed to consider the welfare and best interests of the child before deciding the period...

Changes to the Immigration Rules
By Richmond Chambers -

A number of changes to the Immigration Rules came into effect on 13th December 2012. These changes affect non-European Economic Area nationals applying to enter or remain in the UK. The changes include: Non substantive...

 changes to all points-based system tiers. Establishing a more robust and clear criminality framework against which immigration applications will be assessed. Amendments to clarify the absences from...

EU must do more to protect unaccompanied children
By Richmond Chambers -

In a new report on the situation of unaccompanied minors in the EU, the European Commission has called for improved efforts at both national and European level to respond effectively and in full respect of the...

 rights of the child to this complex transnational challenge. The arrival of unaccompanied minors from third countries is not a temporary phenomenon, but a long-term feature of migratory flows to the EU. In...

Funding cuts place refugee and migrant children at risk
By Richmond Chambers -

A new report by the Coram Children’s Legal Centre has found that young refugees and migrants on their own in the UK are not being provided with the advice and representation they need, with significant consequences...

 for their safety and future. ‘Navigating the System’, based on interviews with practitioners and cases from the Centre’s work with migrant children, finds that many of the legal and support...

Report reveals destitution among migrant children
By Richmond Chambers -

A new report by The Children’s Society has revealed alarming levels of destitution among refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant children and young people.

 A new report by The Children’s Society has revealed alarming levels of destitution among refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant children and young people.

Calls for improvements in the EU Family Reunification Directive
By Richmond Chambers -

The Migration Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has approved a position paper on reform of the EU Family Reunification Directive.

 The Migration Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has approved a position paper on reform of the EU Family Reunification Directive.

Concerns over immigration detention of children
By Richmond Chambers -

A children's charity has raised concerns over the numbers of children being held in immigration detention. According to The Children's Society, 697 children were held at all Greater London...

 and South East ports between May and the end of August 2011. Almost one third were unaccompanied children. This could mean as many as 2,000 children could be detained each year.

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