Family reunification
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Applying insights from newer anthropological kinship studies, this article suggests that the current Danish immigration regime is based on and legitimized by a certain kind of ‘kinship images’ that are used and reproduced in Danish public... more
The paper critically comments on the M.S. judgment delivered on 26 March 2019 by the Court of Justice of the European Union. It is here argued that this judgment represents another piece of evidence of the influence of EU Law on the... more
The child's interest in family reunification: in line with European legislation or in need of reform?
In a global context characterized as much by its flows of information, ideas, people and goods as by the increasing impermeability of national borders, what are the dynamics at play in the development of intimacies and conjugal projects... more
The paper is about one of the possible types of discrimination of women nowadays: the indirect acceptance of polygamy when law authorizes that one male immigrant applies for family reunification bringing several women to a host country.... more
The objective of the paper is to draw a sketch of UAE’s population and migration dynamics, using the scarce data available from the federal and emirate-level statistical bureaus. In 2010, expatriates in the UAE were estimated to number... more
The objective of the paper is to draw a sketch of the population and migration dynamics of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), using the data available from federal and emirate-level statistical bureaus. In 2016, the total population of the... more
The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the European protection of family, deriving from the recognition of the right to family reunification, its evolution in the relevant case-law and the achievements in this field. On the basis... more
In recent years, there has been an intense debate about the concept of “biological” or “genetic citizenship.” The growing literature on this topic mostly refers to the importance of patients’ associations, disease advocacy organizations,... more
In Canada, spousal sponsorship is one of the only possible avenues for a Canadian individual to create a home with a non-Canadian partner. For Canadian women in a relationship with a man from a southern country, the lengthy, costly and... more
This paper analyses two dimensions of ‘waiting’ in the realm of family reunification: the policy perspective and the immigrants’ experience. First, in line with the migration management paradigm, the Canadian government has introduced... more
People are more than the shackles that bind them; this is the truth of Exodus narratives. During the Great Migration, seven million people traded the southern landscape for the northern Promised Land. Today, more than seven million people... more
Nelle seguenti pagine si discuterà della conquista dell'Unione europea (UE) maggiormente apprezzata dai cittadini degli Stati membri, ovvero della libertà garantita dal diritto comunitario di circolare e soggiornare all'interno dei... more
Domestic workers are mainly women, are disproportionately from ethnic minorities and / or international migrants, and are vulnerable to mistreatment, often receiving inadequate protection from labour legislation. This article addresses... more
The EU citizenship is unique animal parasitizing on the national citizenship. Yet it has nearly gained self-standing status through the jurisprudence of the CJEU. However, the fact that the EU citizenship has been incrementally carved out... more
[EN] A considerable part of the refugees that came to Germany in 2015 and 2016 were unaccompanied minors. This led to a number of challenges, both for the children and young refugees and for the responsible authorities, organisations,... more
Can political violence of national division and war be overcome through family bonds and reunion? This paper addresses this question through an examination of two Korean siblings-a North Korean sister and a South Korean brother separated... more
The concept of family reunification is well established in contemporary migration laws, at both the national and international levels. Focusing on international and EU law, in this article I argue that while existing provisions on family... more
The reach of the law of the European Union (EU) is strictly limited. It only applies to the situations falling within its scope. Until very recently, in the case of EU citizens, in order to fall within this scope, a so-called... more
Resumo Em Portugal, 2703 crianças em acolhimento perspetivam regressar para a família biológica. A investigação combina as perspetivas de crianças, pais e profissionais sobre reunificação familiar, identificando necessidades,... more
Усиление миграционных потоков в 2010–2011 гг. и 2015–2016 гг. заставило европейские государства пересмотреть их интеграционную политику. Не осталась в стороне от общего тренда и Швеция. Движение от мультикультурных идей к... more
‘We are starting our life twice’: the use of the ‘Surinder Singh route’ from the UK Following the introduction of stricter immigration rules by the British government in July 2012, in particular the minimum income rules and related... more
The aim of the paper is to describe the main patterns and challenges of Ukrainian migration to Greece with reference to the consequences of the recent economic and social crisis in the host country on the migrants’ lives. Specifically,... more
Dans son arrêt récent du 11 mars 2021, rendu dans l’affaire M.A. contre la Belgique, la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a affirmé que l’article 5 de la directive retour, lu en combinaison avec l’article 24 de la Charte des droits... more
The aim of this study is to reveal the tendencies of the most typical form of abuse linked to free movement of EU citizens and their family members, namely marriages of convenience, through the lenses of Hungarian practice. Hoping that... more
Family enhancement is an approach to child protection that has been recommended by numerous reviews of child welfare practice. A recent example emerged from a comprehensive review of the child welfare system in Manitoba, Canada. The... more
Résumé Cet article se propose de réfléchir sur comment l’expérience migratoire transforme les configurations et les fonctions des familles à partir de deux études réalisées dans la région de Naples (Italie). La première regarde les... more