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This paper focuses on whether the right to family life can be effectively exercised by refugees and by persons with subsidiary protection (henceforth PSPs) in Malta. It is a socio-legal study and the exercise of the right is gauged... more
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      RefugeesRights of family reunification
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      Immigration LawRights of family reunificationEuropean Union Law, European immigration and Asylum law
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      Immigration LawRights of family reunification
Regulation (EC) Nr. 343/2003 (the "Dublin II Regulation") aims at distributing asylum applications - and asylum seekers - among the Member States of the EU. Even though it comprises a set of rules aiming at preserving family unity, its... more
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      Asylum LawInternational Human Rights LawEuropean Immigration and Asylum LawEuropean Convention of Human Rights
This article scrutinies the logic behind the recent judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Ruiz Zambrano and McCarthy focusing on their implications for the right to family reunification under EU law. Specific... more
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      European StudiesEuropean LawImmigrationImmigration Studies
Comment to the Italian Supreme Court order nr. 8582 of April 3rd, 2008 concerning the interpretation of the law in point of family reunification. The Court extends for the first time the right to family reunification to immigrants of... more
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      Italian Immigration and Asylum LawRights of family reunification
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      Immigration LawEuropean Immigration and Asylum LawRights of family reunification
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      Family studiesMigration LawRights of family reunificationAsylum Seekers and Refugees
In molti Paesi europei con una storia multiculturale più consolidata della nostra, il ricongiungimento dei minori stranieri è stato associato ad un’integrazione sociale di successo. In effetti quando i membri di una famiglia hanno la... more
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      MulticulturalismChildren and FamiliesImmigration StudiesRights of family reunification
The right to seek asylum recognized as a fundamental human right, encompasses international protection of people seeking asylum. Protection of children's right to asylum, particularly for unaccompanied minors (UAMs) who are at risk of... more
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      International MigrationInternational Refugee LawChildren's RightsRights of family reunification
This multidisciplinary collection investigates the ways in which marriage and partner migration processes have become the object of state scrutiny, and the site of sustained political interventions in several states around the world.... more
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      Feminist TheoryQueer TheorySouth Asian StudiesMigration Law
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
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      Human Rights LawInternational LawWomen's RightsInternational Human Rights Law
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      BioinformaticsGeneticsArchaeologyGeology
As the migrant crisis escalates at Europe’s borders, the Gulf States have been blamed for having offered “zero resettlement” to Syrian refugees. In response to these statements, some Gulf States claim that they have actually relaxed their... more
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      Saudi ArabiaInternational MigrationMigration StudiesSyria
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      EthnographyTransnationalismRefugee StudiesFamily
This communication will serve to illustrate the numerous instances where immigration applicants were invited to undergo DNA testing to prove their family relationships. In these cases, judicial or quasi-judicial appeals found that DNA... more
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      GeneticsEthicsHuman RightsImmigration
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      European LawEuropean Union CitizenshipEuropean Court of JusticeRights of family reunification
This Working Paper in the framework of the EMN deals with the legal aspects of family reunification to Germany and analyses the available data on the extent of the phenomenon. The legal situation is observed in accordance with Council... more
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      Migration LawMigration StudiesGermanyRights of family reunification
The right to marry and found a family is integral to human rights pursuant to international conventions and therefore, is assured at an international level. However, the international law and international conventions further ensure that... more
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      International LawInternational Refugee LawRights of family reunification
«Sélective» et «statique» en théorie, la reprise de l’acquis de l’Union européenne dans le cadre de la voie bilatérale n’en donne pas moins lieu à une dynamique évolutive et expansive, exigeant un travail constant de coordination entre le... more
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      European Union LawLegal interpretationEuropeanizationEuropeanisation
Si bien uno de los rasgos distintivos de la población inmigrante latinoamericana es su diversidad, las políticas migratorias profundizan y complejizan el proceso de «estratificación cívica» en el acceso formal e informal de los... more
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      Latin American MigrationMigration policiesRights of family reunificationGender and Family Migration
Abstract: The very recent judgment of the Court of Justice (“ECJ”) in the case of Mary Carpenter can be characterised as revolutionary, marking both the beginning of a new era in which the protection of human rights within the EU will be... more
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      Free movement of personsRights of family reunificationReverse DiscriminationPurely Internal Situations
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      European StudiesLawEuropean LawImmigration
Countries have adopted different laws, policies, and practices that allow immigration officers to request in certain cases DNA tests to confirm biological relationships in the context of family reunification. In Canada, Citizenship and... more
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      Family studiesFamily LawImmigrationImmigration Studies
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      European LawMigrationEuropean Union LawRights of family reunification
... Reverse Discrimination in Purely Internal Situations: An Incongruity in a Citizens' Europe. Autores:Alina Tryfonidou; Localización: Legal issues of economic integration, ISSN 1566-6573, Vol. 35, Nº 1, 2008 , págs. 43-67.... more
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      EU CitizenshipFree movement of personsRights of family reunificationReverse Discrimination
In molti Paesi europei con una storia multiculturale più consolidata della nostra, il ricongiungimento dei minori stranieri è stato associato ad un’integrazione sociale di successo. In effetti quando i membri di una famiglia hanno la... more
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      SociologyMulticulturalismChildren and FamiliesImmigration Studies
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      European Immigration and Asylum LawMigration StudiesInternational Migration and Immigration PolicyRights of family reunification
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      EU free movement rightsFree movement of personsRights of family reunificationPurely Internal Situations
Studies on the Refugee Convention have paid very limited attention to the notion of family and family rights of asylum claimants in connection with asylum claims based on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI). Drawing on the... more
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      Refugee StudiesFamily LawAsylum LawLGBT Issues
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      European LawLGBT IssuesDebate over Same-Sex MarriageEuropean Union Law
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      European Union CitizenshipEU CitizenshipEU free movement rightsFree movement of persons