Well this is listed tomorrow morning so the debate will necessarily be brief.
Art 2 2004/83/EC (the refugee directive) defines a family member as spouse or child, however HMG clearly uses their discretion to accept direct descendants as family members, and states as much both in HC395 and in policy guidance from ACI.
Is it arguable that, in accepting them as family members on the one hand, that the requirements laid out elsewhere in the refugee directive are binding?
Family members of refugees have available to them via art 23 of the refugee directive and art 24 of the '51 convention social security for family responsibilities, i.e lone parent IS, subject to national procedures, whereas it's only family members of subsidiary protection where a state can define conditions.
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