Family rules for migrants face review

The review, to be announced by Home Secretary Theresa May in the coming week, is part of a wider overhaul which aims to fulfil David Cameron’s pledge to cut net inward migration down to the tens of thousands.

By The Newsroom

Published 3rd Jul 2011, 23:38 BST

As part of the exercise, officials will look at how the UK system meets Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees “the right to a family life”.

A woman who fled Burundi as an asylum-seeker and was given “indefinite leave to remain” in the UK after her files were lost by the Home Office has now won permission to bring her three children to the country under Article 8.

However, the Home Office said it did not believe that the case of Peace Musabi set a precedent. A second similar case is currently being considered by a judge.

A Home Office spokesman said: ““We are going to consult on the family route shortly and look at what requirements we should place on foreign nationals who wish to establish a family life in the UK.”