Title CASE OF M.T. AND OTHERS v. SWEDEN (Application no. 22105/18)
Publisher Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights
Publication Date 20 October 2022
Country Sweden | Syrian Arab Republic
Topics Family reunification
Other Languages / Attachments Legal Summary
Cite as CASE OF M.T. AND OTHERS v. SWEDEN (Application no. 22105/18), Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights, 20 October 2022, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,ECHR,6361454d4.html [accessed 18 May 2023]
Comments 1. The application concerns the Swedish authorities’ refusal to grant residence permits to a mother and her son, who were in Syria, on the basis of their family ties with another son/brother who had been granted subsidiary protection in Sweden. The applicants complained that the Law on temporary restrictions on the possibility of being granted a residence permit in Sweden (which had entered into force on 20 July 2016 and had remained in force until 19 July 2019) had suspended their right to family reunification in breach of Article 8 of the Convention, and that the difference in treatment, with regard to family reunification, of persons granted refugee status and of persons (such as the second applicant) who had been granted subsidiary protection status, had constituted discrimination contrary to Article 14 of the Convention in conjunction with Article 8.
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