Family life

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Family unity

Questions

How do domestic laws and policies define "family"?

Yes, but with challenges (or restrictions or obstacles that may exclude some population groups)
Refugees
Asylum-seekers

Do domestic laws and policies provide the right to family life and protect family unity for forcibly displaced and stateless persons?

Yes, but with challenges (or restrictions or obstacles that may exclude some population groups)
Refugees
Asylum-seekers
Stateless persons

Do domestic laws and policies provide for derivative refugee status for accompanying family members of recognized refugees?

Yes, but with challenges (or restrictions or obstacles that may exclude some population groups)
Refugees
Asylum-seekers

Do domestic laws and policies take into account the right to family life, the principle of family unity, and the best interests of the child in proceedings that may result in the expulsion or deportation of an individual? 

No
Refugees
Asylum-seekers

Family reunification

Questions

Do domestic laws and policies provide mechanisms to identify unaccompanied and separated children?

Yes, but with challenges (or restrictions or obstacles that may exclude some population groups)
Refugees
Asylum-seekers

Do domestic laws and policies provide for family reunification for forcibly displaced and stateless persons?

Yes, but with challenges (or restrictions or obstacles that may exclude some population groups)
Refugees
Asylum-seekers

Do domestic laws and policies provide access to travel documents and entry/exit visas for family members of forcibly displaced and stateless persons for the purpose of family reunification? 

Yes, but with challenges (or restrictions or obstacles that may exclude some population groups)
Refugees
Asylum-seekers

Do domestic laws and policies require the State to provide administrative assistance in the context of family reunification when assistance by the authorities of the country of origin is not possible?

No
Refugees
Asylum-seekers

Do domestic laws and policies require that the grounds for refusing an application for family reunification be specified?  

Yes, but with challenges (or restrictions or obstacles that may exclude some population groups)
Refugees
Asylum-seekers

Recourse

Questions

Do domestic laws and policies provide forcibly displaced and stateless persons with access to administrative or judicial remedies regarding decisions on the right to family life, including family reunification?

Yes, but with challenges (or restrictions or obstacles that may exclude some population groups)
Refugees
Asylum-seekers