Asylum: Eritrea and Sudan

(asked on 23rd March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of provisions in the Nationality and Borders Bill on family reunion for asylum seekers from (a) Eritrea and (b) Sudan.


Answered by
Tom Pursglove Portrait
Tom Pursglove
Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
This question was answered on 1st April 2022

Family reunion for Group 2 refugees of any nationality will be permitted where a refusal would be a breach of our international obligations under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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