"I doubt that is correct. The status holders in question applied for family reunification as early as the beginning of 2025, long before these new rules came into effect. My assessment is that you cannot revoke a right retroactively that existed in the Netherlands under the application of EU law." Mark Klaassen, a university lecturer in migration law at Leiden University, finds it "astonishing" that the court in The Hague now rules that the new rules do not conflict with higher rules or general legal principles. #gezinshereniging #migratierecht #asielbeleid (translated)
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