The family too: Integration and family reunification procedures for refugees in the European Union
Keywords:
Family reunification , Refugee protection , Refugee integration , Best interests of the child , Access to informationCopyright (c) 2017 Leyre BENITO OTAZU
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Abstract
The degree of inclusion and protection which the refugee population can be offered in countries of asylum within the European Union depends on factors above and beyond those traditionally considered, and which refer to asylum procedures or rights to asylum. This article puts forward the centrality of the family as one such factor. Likewise, through an examination of various family reunification procedures —both within the Common European Asylum System and outwith it—, it calls for coherence between the findings of studies on refugee integration and the present lukewarm application of family reunification.
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