Lobbying kit on EU directive for family reunification: what is at stake for migrant women?

In the context of the European Commission public consultation on the right to family reunification, the European Network of Migrant Women and the European Women’s Lobby have launched a lobbying campaign that calls for gender-sensitive EU policies on family reunification. The ENoMW and the EWL have produced a Lobbying Kit that helps organisations and individuals to get involved. The Lobbying Kit provides useful background information, and it offers several tools to effective lobbying for EU family reunification policies that uphold the rights and meet needs of migrant women...
Although the Directive was meant to promote better integration of migrants and guarantee their right to reunite with their families, the EU member states have not implemented the Directive properly. The latest Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX III) outlines the restrictions already faced by applicants from third-country nationals with regard to family reunification...
Our campaign focuses on four key recommendations that emerged from MIPEX and from the ENoMW’s day-to-day experience of working with migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women...Recent research initiatives, such as MIPEX III, confirm that family members’ access to autonomous permits is a weakness in most countries. In the wake of the upcoming review of the family reunification provisions in the EU, we urge governments in Europe to end the policies establishing dependency between family members...Read more