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  • Christopher Cowan

M.T. and Others vs. Sweden: The Right to Family Reunification – Does Subsidiary Protection Status Lead to a Subsidiary Right to Family Life?

November 29, 2022

by Christopher Cowan M.T. and Others v. Sweden concerned the complete suspension of family reunification in Sweden between July 2016 and July 2019 for individuals granted subsidiary-protection status (like the applicants), in contrast to individuals granted refugee status. In a six-one ruling the Court held that there had been no violation of Article 8 in […]