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ECtHR - Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v The United Kingdom, Application nos. 9214/80; 9473/81 and 9474/81, 28 May 1985

Country of Applicant: Malawi, Philippines, United Kingdom
Keywords: Discrimination, Effective remedy (right to), Family member, Family reunification, Family unity (right to), Nationality, Race

The ECtHR held that the 1980 UK Immigration Rules breached ECHR Article 14 taken together with Article 8 as they discriminated on the ground of sex against three female applicants settled in the UK who wished to be joined by their spouses. It was easier for men settled in the UK to be joined by a non-national spouse than women but no objective and reasonable justification was found for this difference of treatment.
Date: 28-05-1985

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