Pravo na okupljanje i spajanje porodica kao izvor imigracije u Evropskoj uniji
The Right to Assembly and Family Reunifi cation as a Cause for Immigration in the EU

Summary/Abstract: The right to family reunification of persons which are foreign born and do not have EU citizenship, but legally residents in the Member State with committed to permanently residing, is recognized as one of the fundamental rights of the European Union in the European area of free movement. Since 2003 this right is been institutionalized by provisions of Directive 2003/86/EC, which sets precise guidelines for the implementation of the right to family reunifi cation in the Member States of EU. This directive is still in force, but the legal nature of this act indicates a certain level of freedom in its implementation, and the discretion of the Member States that taking into account national particularities, further develop and regulate this issue at the national level. The signifi cance of this Directive in the fi eld of EU immigration policy in particular stems from the fact that nearly half of European immigration today legally residing in the EU is a result of the implementation of the right to family reunifi cation. The aim of this paper is, except to point out the basic elements and the contents of this Directive and the issues of implementation into national legislation of the Member States, to make a special insight of the reports and studies of the European Commission in recent years related to application of the right to family reunifi cation of legal residents in the EU, with special emphasis on the complexity of the issue of immigrants integration in the EU.

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