Private Law What about the makfuls? Kafala, the Family Reunification Directive and Children’s Rights Should children, who are the subject of kafala arrangements, be reunified with their carers under the Family Reunification Directive? Chelsea Schuin • 11-07-2019
Public Law Unaccompanied children becoming young adults and the right to family reunion The CJEU held in A.S. that family reunification of the parents of an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child should be allowed if the applicant was a minor when the asylum application was lodged. This affects the family reunification policies of Member States. Mark Klaassen • 24-04-2018
Public Law Family reunification for refugees is a human right The failure of the Dublin system seems to have led to a race to the bottom among Member States in reception conditions for refugees, to the detriment of human rights protection. Mark Klaassen • 03-11-2015