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Family Reunification for an Asylee or Subsidiary-Protection Beneficiary

CroatiaHumanitarian protection

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

This is family reunification connected to asylum or subsidiary protection in Croatia. The Croatian Ministry of the Interior describes family reunification as a right of an asylee or a foreign national under subsidiary protection.

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  • Genuine literal and independent review are pending; the captured page does not establish every operational detail.

Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?

It covers spouses, non-marital, life and informal life partners, certain underage children, certain adult unmarried children who cannot provide for themselves because of a medical condition, a minor asylee's parents or legal representative, and a first-degree lineal descendant who lived in the same household and cared for the asylee.

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  • Genuine literal and independent review are pending; the captured page does not establish every operational detail.
  • Exact captured MUP page text
    Family reunification of asylees implies reunification with a spouse or non-marital partner, life partner or informal life partner

Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm where the family-reunification application is made or the procedure followed.

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Limits of the record
  • Genuine literal and independent review are pending; the captured page does not establish every operational detail.

What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

Family members of asylees or persons under subsidiary protection who are legally staying in Croatia have the same rights as the protected person. The official source does not state registration or support during the family-reunification application.

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Limits of the record
  • Genuine literal and independent review are pending; the captured page does not establish every operational detail.
  • Exact captured MUP page text
    Family members of asylees or foreign nationals under subsidiary protection, legally staying in the Republic of Croatia, have the same rights as asylees or foreign nationals under subsidiary protection.

Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

The competent authority is the Croatian Ministry of the Interior.

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Limits of the record
  • Genuine literal and independent review are pending; the captured page does not establish every operational detail.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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