MPI: As Is Case in U.S., Family Admissions Represent Biggest Immigration Stream in Canada & UK When All Family Ties Are Taken into Account

WASHINGTON – A number of countries have been revisiting issues related to family-based immigration. At the height of the 2015-2016 European migration crisis, Germany and Sweden introduced restrictions on the family reunification rights of some recently arrived asylum seekers. And in the United States, the Trump administration and some Republicans in Congress are questioning the continued primacy of family reunification in the U.S. immigration system.