‘I’m always afraid for the future of my family’: why it’s too hard for some refugees to reunite with loved ones

By Mary Anne Kenny, Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University

When refugees flee their home country due to war, violence, conflict or persecution, they are often forced to leave behind their families.

For more than 30,000 people who have sought asylum in Australia since arriving more than a decade ago, that separation has stretched into more than a decade. This group of people – known in policy circles as “the legacy caseload” – need a clear pathway to reunite with family members.

Refugees separated from family are plagued by

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