Why do people need to seek family reunification through an overseas H&C application?
The following are two situations where the law does not provide children with a right to family reunification and humanitarian and compassionate applications are the only recourse: • Separated refugee children in Canada cannot apply for family reunification with their parents and siblings who are outside Canada. The only way for these children to be reunited with their parents and siblings is through H&C. • The excluded family member rule (Regulation 117(9)(d)) keeps many children unfairly separated from their parents, and separates spouses. The only way for affected families to overcome the exclusion is through H&C.
