Submission to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on the Issue of Domestic Violence

Unlike most other jurisdictions, current Irish immigration legislation does not provide a statutory right to family reunification for Irish citizens or legally resident migrants. The exceptions are for refugees and EU citizens and their family members. For an international comparative perspective, see the Migrant Integration Policy Index (2010), which ranked Ireland’s family reunification policies as ‘slightly unfavourable’ compared to other EU states, the USA, Canada, Norway and Switzerland: http://www.mipex.eu/
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