On 26 October 2017 Advocate General Bot gave his opinion about case C-550/16 concerning the right to family reunification of persons who were an unaccompanied minor at the moment of their asylum application but adults at the moment their asylum status was granted. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is asked to decide which moment in…

Master student or exchange student and interested in migration law? The Migration Law Clinic is looking for talented students who are interested to participate in the Clinic starting from October 2017. The Clinic is open to master students in law or criminology and exchange students of the VU University and other universities in the Netherlands.…

In January 2017 the Migration Law Clinic finalised an expert opinion in the context of a preliminary question of the district court of Amsterdam of 26 October 2016. The question concerns the right to family reunification of persons who were an unaccompanied minor at the moment of their asylum application but adults at the moment their asylum status…

On Thursday 22 June 2017 the Migration Law Clinic received the EU pro bono award. This award is issued by the Good Lobby, an organisation which aims to forge unconventional partnerships to lobby for the public interest. The EU Pro Bono Awards celebrate collaboration between citizen professionals and civil society organisations working for the public interest at…

On 23 May the Migration Law Clinic published a new expert opinion titled ‘The ‘bewijsnood’ policy of the Dutch immigration service: A correct interpretation of the Family Reunification Directive or an unlawful hurdle?’ The expert opinion concerns Eritrean asylum status holders in the Netherlands, who try to be reunited with their family members left behind. An asylum…