Kate Osamor – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Osamor on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effect of the EU-Turkey refugee deal on her Department’s policy on family reunification for refugees.

James Brokenshire

The EU-Turkey deal does not affect our family reunion policy.

Under the family reunion policy a spouse, partner or children under 18 can apply to join someone granted refugee status or humanitarian protection in the UK providing they formed part of their family unit before the sponsor fled their country of origin.