Immigration and the right to respect for family life between adult child and elderly foreign parent for purposes of reunification : Senchishak v Finland (Application No 5049/12 ECtHR of 18 November 2014)

Abstract

In regard to immigration matters a distinction can be drawn between a decision refusing admission to a state of a family member for reunification purposes and one ordering deportation of a family member or relative already resident in such state. In European context, applicants who are refused admission or who are deported, often argue that such decisions interfere with their right to respect for family and private life in terms of article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (hereinafter "ECHR"; and see Harris et al Law of the European Convention on Human Rights (2014) 575).