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<p>The UK strongly supports the principle of family unity and there are already legal
routes for families to be reunited safely that are not dependent on our EU membership.
The UK’s family reunion policy is generous; we have granted over 24,000 family reunion
visas over the last five years. Further, children recognised by UNHCR as refugees
can join close family members here in the UK through our Mandate resettlement scheme.</p><p>Unaccompanied
children cannot make applications for family reunification under the Dublin Regulation.
The Dublin Regulation is a mechanism to determine the Member State responsible for
the consideration of an asylum claim; it is not, and never has been, a family reunification
route in itself. The Immigration Rules provide for family reunion and allow extended
family members to sponsor children where there are serious and compelling circumstances.
The Immigration Rules are entirely separate from the Dublin Regulation, and will remain
in force when the UK leaves the European Union.</p><p>We expect cooperation on asylum
and migration with our European partners to continue after the UK leaves the EU, and
will discuss the exact nature of this cooperation in the negotiations.</p>
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