Glarus government opposes earlier family reunification
Published: Tuesday, Aug 20th 2024, 15:10
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The Glarus government has spoken out against the planned shortening of the waiting period for family reunification, as it announced on Tuesday. Currently, temporarily admitted persons have to wait three years before they are allowed to bring family members to Switzerland. The federal government wants to shorten this period to two years due to a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
In June of this year, the ECtHR issued a landmark ruling that the Swiss regulation on family reunification of foreign nationals was incompatible with the right to respect for family life under the European Convention on Human Rights. The Federal Administrative Court subsequently adopted this case law. The federal government now wants to implement this change in practice at the legislative level and has submitted a corresponding bill for consultation.
Fear of increasing workload
In its response, the Glarus cantonal government spoke out against this amendment to the law. It fears an increase in applications that would not be manageable with the current number of staff in the cantons.
The consultation process for the amendment to the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act (FNIA) will continue until Thursday. It also states that in special cases, family reunification can also be approved in advance, the federal government writes on its website. This would affect children in particularly precarious circumstances, for example.
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