ΑΛΛΗΛΕΓΓΥΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΕ: ΕΞΕΛΙΞΕΙΣ ΣΤΟ ΠΕΔΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΙΚΗΣ ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΚΛΗΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΕ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ

Οικογενειακή επανένωση σύμφωνα με τις ρυθμίσεις του νέου Κανονισμού Δουβλίνου ΙV Family reunification under the new Dublin IV Regulation Έρση Κώη Δικηγόρος ΜΔΕ, πρώην Μέλος Επιτροπών Προσφυγών ΠΔ 114/2010 Ersi Koi Lawyer, MΑ, former member of the Appeal Committees P.D. 114/2010 Abstract This contribution examines the possibility of family reunification and the remedies available to members of a separated family in cases where their re- quest for reunification was not accepted through the existing Dublin III Reg- ulation, or by the provisions of the draft of Dublin IV Regulation. The Dub- lin IV draft shows significant improvements, which broaden the definition of persons considered as members of the asylum seeker’s family. However, this is not enough to meet the criteria of the ECtHR. Still the relations of a fa- ther with his natural children, homosexual relationships and marriages which are not recognized by the law of the country of origin of asylum seekers, or which could not have been officially performed for reasons related to asy- lum requests remain unregulated. According the Dublin IV draft, the issue of Member States’ disagreements with each other remains unaddressed, as the Conciliation procedure is formally abolished. Alongside this, the applicant for family reunification has a very limited legal arsenal if he/she wishes to over- turn the rejection decision of the Member State to which he wishes to move. In the years 2016 and 2017, several rulings on this matter have been issued by some administrative courts in the United Kingdom and Germany. Over time, the relevant national case law of Member States is expected to increase. The