Parliamentarians (MPs) in the British lower house recently repealed a crucial amendment in the Brexit transition agreement which would have allowed unaccompanied minors to rejoin a parent or relative resident in the UK even once the UK has left the EU. The Brexit transition is expected to begin at the end of January. So what will it mean for young migrants?
In the 16 months since Germany resumed family reunifications for refugees with subsidiary protection, authorities approved close to 20,000 requests. The backlog, meanwhile, remains high.
An Afghan woman known only as "MO1" for legal reasons, has been waiting for the UK to "take charge" of her asylum claim from France since January 2019. While waiting in France, the survivor of rape was allegedly attacked by her husband and blinded in one eye. InfoMigrants spoke to her lawyer Jane Ryan.
The procedures for family reunification for migrants in Italy are taking longer than planned; that's according to a new report by UNHCR in conjunction with Caritas and the Communitas consortium.
Zuhal Pardis arrived in France in July 2019. She came with the aim of rejoining the father who she hadn’t seen since she was three years old, after he left Afghanistan 18 years ago. Now she has been told by the French authorities that she will be sent to Germany, where she first entered the EU, to seek asylum there.
Italian authorities have accused 21 people, including Italian and foreign nationals, of issuing fake documents that were presented as part of family reunification applications.
One year after the introduction of family reunifications for refugees who have been given subsidiary protection in Germany, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called for the German government to also recognize siblings as family members that could become eligible for reunification.
Germany has allowed thousands of people related to refugees with asylum status to join them. The government agreed to change the rules on family reunification for some refugees last year.
Unaccompanied minor refugees and migrants in Greece are at risk of violence and abuse and often live in catastrophic conditions, a new report by the Germany-based organization "Equal Rights Beyond Borders" finds.
While the processing of family reunification applications for those with subsidiary protection in Germany seems to finally be on track to meet the government's goal, the allocation of 1,000 slots per month is more or less exhausted for the first half of this year. Last year, the German government missed its target of processed applications, but left-over slots apparently won’t roll over into this year.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has set up call centers along popular migrant routes in West Africa, allowing migrants to phone home to their families for free. The two-minute calls help the migrants keep in touch with family members who can often go months on end without any news from their loved ones.
One in three foreigners seeking to join a spouse in Germany is unable to do so because they fail to pass a basic language test.