Author: UNHCR
Date: 2019
Country: the Netherlands
Type of legal pathway: Family reunification
Language: English
Description: This study examines the situation of refugees in the Netherlands who are seeking to reunite with their families. Set against the wider context of increased applications for asylum in the European Union (EU) in 2015-16 and increases in the numbers of people seeking to reunify with those granted international protection, it outlines the applicable international and European Union standards regarding the right to family life, family unity and family reunification.
