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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

UK suspension of refugee family reunion scheme to be challenged in high court

Small children lying on stomach in small tent with another older girl n headscarf sitting on mat
A family in a makeshift camp in Dunkirk, France. The home secretary has defended sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system Photograph: Ed Ram/The Guardian

The Home Office’s controversial decision to suspend the right of refugees to bring their children and partners to the UK is to face a legal challenge in the high court, the Guardian can disclose.

Safe Passage International, a charity working with unaccompanied children and refugees, has been granted permission to launch a judicial review of the decision to halt refugee family reunion after it claimed the suspension was unlawful.

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