family reunion

collocation in English

meaningsoffamilyandreunion

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family
noun
uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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reunion
noun
uk
/ˌriːˈjuː.njən/us
/ˌriːˈjuː.njən/
a social event for a group of people who have not seen each other for a ...
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(Definition offamilyandreunionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffamily reunion

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What happens to thefamilyreunionin the mirror as the child peering in embarks on adolescence?
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The three components are : one, the loss of the mouse, two, the realization of the loss and the search and three, thefamilyreunion.
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It utilises a three-fold classification of immigrants: documented immigrants (including legal labour migrants,familyreunionand repatriates); refugees and asylum seekers; and undocumented migrants.
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Eligible forfamilyreuniononly if able to support family without recourse to public funding.
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Although their numbers initially were regulated by state and economic necessity, this changed once they decided to stay and were afforded the right tofamilyreunion.
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The charter of rights would also provide for the right offamilyreunion.
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There is no separate section dealing only withfamilyreunionwork.
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The first is the problem offamilyreunion.
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Why is there not a right tofamilyreunionwhen people are granted exceptional leave to remain?
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Ourfamilyreunionpolicies not only form part of that legislation, but right the wrongs in the system that we inherited.
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The reality is that those who are given exceptional leave will, in time, be given permanent permission and qualify forfamilyreunion.
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An application forfamilyreunionmay be granted at an earlier point if there are compelling compassionate circumstances.
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Recruitment is also hampered by restrictions onfamilyreunion, business tells us.
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They have no reason to do anything other than organise afamilyreunionwithin the law.
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I hope that the outcome of this debate will, in fact, lead to afamilyreunion.
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We are therefore not normally prepared to entertain an application forfamilyreunionuntil four years have elapsed.
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She went on to appeal for all states to be more generous in allowing admissions based onfamilyreunion.
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Thefamilyreunionscheme provides for the admission of the spouse and minor dependent children of a refugee settled here.
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They will normally be eligible forfamilyreuniononly after four years, although this may be granted earlier in cases with wholly exceptional compassionate circumstances.
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