May 07

"Would have been fatal": Syrian woman not allowed to bring sick son to Germany:

The hardship clause for family reunification is barely working ...

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Family Reunification Blocked for Protected Refugees

Only two hardship visas granted for 1,325 applicants, leaving many families separated for years amid strict rules.

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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de

Family reunification for subsidiarily protected refugees has been suspended for two years, with hardly any exceptions granted.

The hardship regulation is applied so narrowly that only two visas were approved from 392 submitted applications.

Syrian mother Samira Ozon is unable to bring her critically ill son to Germany despite urgent medical needs.

Critics highlight the opaque and restrictive process, causing severe psychological distress and legal uncertainty.

The route would have been absolutely deadly for them—especially for my son Mayar. Because of his critical health condition, fleeing along these routes would have been his certain death sentence.
— Samira Ozon, a Syrian mother, in an interview with the Frankfurter Rundschau about the danger to her son due to the family reunification rules; context: description of the consequences of the hardship case regulation.

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