Ioffe, Yulia;
(2025)
Family Reunification Claims of Refugee Children in the UK: Exploring the Potential of Article 8 ECHR Interpreted in line with the Best Interests of the Child.
Journal of Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Law
, 39
(1)
pp. 52-68.
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Abstract
This article examines family reunification claims of refugee children in the UK. It argues that international law, specifically Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), requires the articulation of a distinctive child-centred approach to family reunification and a presumption against family separation of refugee children. This interpretation of Article 8 of the ECHR is guided by the best interests of the child principle, which should be a ‘paramount’ consideration when assessing the proportionality of interference with the right to family life of children seeking asylum, thereby allowing entry of the child’s family members into the territory of a state. This paper asserts that Article 8 may serve as a vehicle for change in facilitating the reunion of these children with their families in the UK.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Family Reunification Claims of Refugee Children in the UK: Exploring the Potential of Article 8 ECHR Interpreted in line with the Best Interests of the Child |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.bloomsburyprofessionalonline.com/profe... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10200586 |
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