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CASE OF KHACHATRYAN AND KONOVALOVA v. RUSSIA (European Court of Human Rights) Application no. 28895/14
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The application concerns the Danish authorities’ temporary refusal to grant the applicant’s wife a residence permit in Denmark based on family reunification. In particular the applicant complained that persons like him, who had been granted “temporary protection” in Denmark, were…
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