UNDER the Family Reunion provisions, UK refugees are entitled to bring to the UK their pre-flight family. ‘Pre-flight family’ means the spouse to whom the refugee was married or children born to him before he fled to the UK. For … Read more
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Matters of the heart in immigration
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Why asylum seekers must make peace with relatives
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Family reunion not available to all refugees
A RECENT decision in MS & Ors (Family Reunion: ‘in order to seek asylum’) Somalia [2009] UKAIT 00041 has been criticised in some quarters for creating two classes of refugees. The matter came before the Tribunal on reconsideration of … Read more
