Lords Committee gathers evidence about family migration policies in other countries
Monday 10 October 2022
The House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee is holding its fourth oral evidence session as part of its inquiry into family migration on.
The Committee is considering family migration policies in Canada, the Netherlands, and Norway to compare them with UK family migration policies. It seeks to identify best practices, lessons learnt, and potential synergies. The evidence received may inspire recommendations in the Committee’s report.
The session will run from 10am until 11.30am and can be followed live on Parliament TV or in person in Committee Room 4a, Palace of Westminster.
Giving evidence will be:
- Professor Audrey Macklin, Professor, Faculty of Law at University of Toronto
- Dr Helga Eggebø, Research Professor at Nordland Research Institute
- Dr Saskia Bonjour, Associate Professor in Political Science at University of Amsterdam
Possible questions include:
- In your jurisdiction, who counts as “family” according to your immigration rules? Does it reflect contemporary societal understandings of “family”?
- How are the best interests of the child protected in practice in your respective jurisdictions?
- In the UK, a “financial requirement” aims to ensure that migrants coming on a family visa do not represent a burden on public finances. Do family migration policies pursue a similar objective in your respective jurisdictions? If so, how is it achieved and to what effect?
- What are the main criticisms of family migration policies in your respective jurisdictions? How do they compare with those in the UK (family separation, delays, costs, complexity, need for and availability of legal advice, etc.)?
- Seen from outside the UK, what is the most noteworthy feature of UK family migration policies?
