An unaccompanied minor refugee has the right to family reunification without means conditions, finds the CJEU. Family reunification had been refused to this young man by the authorities.
On Tuesday, she added that this right “cannot be subject to the condition that the refugee or his parents have sufficiently large accommodation, health insurance and the necessary resources” This decision “binds other national courts which would be seized of a similar problem”, she wrote. The Syrian's adult sister being paralyzed, she is entirely dependent on her parents and cannot stay alone in Syria.