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For family visits in the event of illness, death or childbirth You have compelling reasons to visit your family. This really concerns travel in exceptional cases such as: - You are visiting a seriously ill (effective 15 May) or terminally ill family member or attending a funeral. You are a first or second degree family member. Fill in the sickness visit statement. - You come to the Netherlands for the delivery of your legal partner. If you are not officially married, you have recognized the unborn child as a partner. You must also prove that your partner is pregnant for more than 34 weeks. - Grandparents can travel to the Netherlands to visit their newborn grandchild. Fill in the birth certificate (effective 15 May). - You are a divorced parent from a third country who want to visit your child. Complete the statement of divorced parent (effective from 15 May).  More info: https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/coronavirus-covid-19/reizen-en-vakantie...

By Silvia Bartolini Introduction On 12 April 2018 the Court of Justice of the EU (hereinafter, the “Court”) delivered a key ruling in A & S (case C-550/16 ), which hopefully marks a conscious step towards the creation of an effective EU system for the protection of children in migration. As the Commission points out, the protection of children in all stages of migration should be “ first and foremost about upholding European values of respect for human rights, dignity and solidarity. It is also about enforcing European Union law and respecting the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and international human rights law on the rights of the child ” ( COM (2017) 211 final ). Yet their vulnerability is often denied or forgotten by Member States, especially in the mist of the so-called ‘migratory crisis’. A & S brings forward the issue as to whether a Member State can deny both the status of being a child and the corresponding protection ...

 Refugee family, daughter to be reunited after 4-year separation An Eritrean family that's been torn apart since a daughter went missing four years ago will finally be reunited in St. John's, as the federal government has granted the daughter a temporary resident visa. Genet Abraham, a refugee from Eritrea, managed to get to Canada with her two younger daughters. But her oldest daughter, Selam, now 20, went missing four years ago when she was abducted from a Libyan refugee camp. On Friday, Liberal MP Gerry Byrne told the family over the phone that they'll finally be back together. "Minister Chris Alexander, the minister for citizenship and immigration in Canada, has agreed in principle to issue a temporary resident visa to you, Selam," he said. "And I think...as soon as the final documentation is complete, you should be planning to purchase a one-way plane ticket to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada." ...

Plight of Syria Britons highlighted The Government is "actively leaving" relatives of British nationals in danger in Syria by dragging its heels with their visa applications, campaigners have claimed. Published: Sun, October 27, 2013 Latest politics news [PA] Frustrated relatives have started a petition to urge officials to prioritise visa applications by their spouses and family members who are currently trapped in the war-torn country, calling for officials to recognise the "exceptional circumstances" they are facing. The petition, on campaign website Avaaz, calls for the Government to prioritise applications from people in Syria, so they can join their spouses ...

The second claimant Mrs Ali’s husband hails from Yemen where there are no test centres. Mr Ali is illiterate and his prospects of learning English are gloomy. The test’s online delivery precludes Mr Ali from taking it because he possesses no computer skills. Furthermore, his poverty marginalises his chances to acquire training to overcome his problems and hence Mrs Ali is forced to live in Yemen in order to enjoy her family life. The third claimant – a British woman with a Pakistani husband named Mr Jehangir (who although literate in Urdu is unable to speak English) – found it impracticable to have to relocate with her child to Pakistan. Moreover, costs of Rs 300,000 (or £2,000) would be incurred in the event Mr Jehangir moved from Kotli to Islamabad or Mirpur to prepare for the test. Large chunks of Beatson J’s judgment, see paragraphs 33 to 55, remain devoted to the Home Office’s Equality Impact Assessments and Impact Assessments: the regurgitation of which bolsters arguments in ...

September 27, 2011 by   1 Crown Office Row In  A.A. v. the United Kingdom   , a recent case involving the deportation of a young Nigerian man, the Court faced, once again, the question whether relationships between adult children and parents/siblings amount to family life in deportation cases. The Court’s Fourth Section did not give a clear answer to this question. The 24-year-old applicant resided with his mother and did not have children of his own [also see  Rosalind English's post ]. In this post, I take a quick look at the Fourth Section’s reasoning on this issue and try to situate it in the wider context of the Court’s deportation case law. One word of caution:  this is an attempt to briefly look at one specific question the Court asks to decide whether the deportation has interfered with an applicant’s right to respect for her family life. Do the ties invoked by the applicant constitute family life within the meaning of Article 8 § 1? To be more specific,...