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Training Materials on Access to Justice for Migrants - Module IV: Access to Justice in the Protection of Migrants’ Rights to Family Life

Date of creation
Name of project
FAIR PLUS Project (Fostering Access to Immigrants’ Rights – Practical training for Lawyers and JUdgeS)
EU or national law
EU law
Practice area
Administrative mattersEU lawFamily and child lawFundamental rightsHuman rightsImmigration and asylum law
Type of self-learning material
Self-learning material
Target group
JudgesLawyersOther
Languages
English
Links to language versions
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Training Materials on Access to Justice for Migrants - Module IV: Access to Jus…

Description

Main learning objectives:

The fourth module provides an overview of the guiding principles on access to justice in the protection of migrants’ rights to family life. The module focuses on the international and EU frameworks of the rights to family life and family unity, the definition of family, the right to family reunification, and lastly examines expulsions and the right to maintain a family life. Thus, the module provides an overview of the right to family life of migrants, and the various elements of achievement of this right. This project is funded by the European Union’s Justice Programme.

Table of contents:

  1. Right to family life and family unity
  2. The definition of family
  3. The right to family reunification
  4. Expulsions and the right to maintain a family life