Realising Family Reunification: Report on the UNHCR, IOM and Irish Red Cross Travel Assistant Programme

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This report provides an overview of the implementation of the TA programme and demonstrates its impact in reuniting family members. It also aims to show the sometimes-unseen practical steps and challenges that may be encountered following a positive family reunification decision. The analysis in this report predominantly focuses on the implementation of the TA programme and its impact since it … Read More

Author(s):Sarah Parle, Maria Hennessy
Publisher:UNHCR Ireland
Publication Date:29 Mar 2021
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A Family Belongs Together: Refugees’ Experiences of Family Reunification in Ireland

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This report looks at the human consequences of the Irishgovernment’s policy on family reunification – the impact on refugee families andon their ability to integrate into Irish society. It begins with ashort analysis of the current policy context and then focuseson the voices of those affected by the legislation – voicestoo often missing in discussions around refugee familyreunification. The evidence … Read More

Author(s):Róisín Hinds
Publisher:Irish Refugee Council, Nasc and Oxfam
Publication Date:07 Mar 2018
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://www.irishrefugeecouncil.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3678-Oxfam-Refugee-Report_FINAL-1.pdf
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Family reunification of non-EU nationals in Ireland

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Abstract This study investigates family reunification policy, law and practice in Ireland. It takes account of the INIS Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification as well as the recent commencement of the International Protection Act 2015, which introduced significant changes to family reunification law for beneficiaries of international protection. This study focuses on rules governing family reunification for non-EEA citizens. In … Read More

Author(s):Samantha Arnold and Emma Quinn
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:30 May 2017
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0434-1
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Misuse of the Right to Family Reunification: Ireland

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Abstract This EMN focussed study looks at two instances of misuse of the right to family reunification in Ireland, namely marriages of convenience and false declarations of parenthood. See also: Misuse of the Right to Family Reunification: EMN Synthesis Report National reports from other EU Member States and Norway Misuse of the Right to Family Reunification: EMN Inform

Author(s):Corona Joyce
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:15 Aug 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:9780707003399
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Misuse of the Right to Family Reunification: EMN Synthesis Report

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This EMN Focussed Study responds to a growing concern, notably of policymakers as well as in the media, that the right to family reunification may be misused as a route into settlement in the EU. It also serves to inform the Green Paper on the Family Reunification Directive 2003/86/EC. The aim of the study was to identify the scale and … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General for Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:30 Jun 2012
Geographic Focus:Europe
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Family Reunification: EMN Synthesis Report


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Abstract This EMN synthesis Report summarises and compares the findings of studies by nine European Migration Network National Contact Points (Austria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Romania, Sweden, Netherlands and United Kingdom). The purpose of the study was to improve the understanding of family reunification within the EU in order to support, in particular, policy makers concerned with any possible further … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission
Publication Date:01 Mar 2006
Geographic Focus:European Union
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