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25/07/2024
The ECtHR found no violation of Article 8 concerning an application for family reunification submitted by an applicant from Ethiopia in Sweden
25/07/2024
The ECtHR found no violation of Article 8 concerning an application for family reunification submitted by an applicant from Ethiopia in Sweden

ECLI
ECLI:CE:ECHR:2024:0725JUD004975518
Input Provided By
EUAA Information and Analysis Sector (IAS)
Type
Judgment
Original Documents
Relevant Legislative Provisions
European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
Reference
Council of Europe, European Court of Human Rights [ECtHR], Okubamichael Debru v Sweden, 49755/18, ECLI:CE:ECHR:2024:0725JUD004975518, 25 July 2024. Link redirects to the English summary in the EUAA Case Law Database.
Permanent link to the case
https://caselaw.euaa.europa.eu/pages/viewcaselaw.aspx?CaseLawID=4457
Case history
Other information
Abstract

According to the ECtHR press release:


"The applicant, Mr Berhane Okubamichael Debru, is an Ethiopian national who was born in 1954 and lives in Vasteras, Sweden, after moving to Sweden in September 2017, having been granted a permanent residence permit as a recognised refugee. The applicant's wife and two daughters, then applied from Uganda, where the family had been living before his departure, for Swedish residence permits on the basis of their family ties.


Family reunification was refused on the ground that he, at the time of the application, failed to fulfil the “maintenance requirement” (minimum-income and accommodation requirement). Relying on Articles 8 (right to respect for private and family life) and 14 (prohibition of discrimination), the applicant complains that the refusal to grant his wife and children residence permits violated his right to respect for his family life. He also complains that, in the light of his age and state of health, the decision to refuse family reunification amounted to discrimination.


The court found no violation of Article 8 of the ECHR."


Country of Decision
Council of Europe
Court Name
CoE: European Court of Human Rights [ECtHR]
Case Number
49755/18
Date of Decision
25/07/2024
Country of Origin
Ethiopia
Keywords
Family life/family unity
Family Reunification