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Family reunification in Germany ,
The Working Paper as part of the Small-Scale Study IV "Family reunification in Germany" of the EMN deals with the legal aspects of family reunification to Germany and analyses the available data on the extent of the phenomenon. The legal situation is observed in accordance with Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification, and already includes the amendments to the Residence Act which emerged with the Directive Transposition Act, which came into force in August 2007. The quantitative development of family reunification is analysed using the data from the visa statistics of the Federal Foreign Office, as well as those of the Central Register of Foreigners. The period under observation is 2002 to 2006.
Dr. Axel Kreienbrink and Stefan Rühl