Key legal question
Whether the daughters had a right to residence permits based on family reunification under Art. 17(2) ANAG or Art. 8 ECHR.
Extracted holding
No enforceable right existed because the reliance on family reunification was abusive and Article 8 ECHR did not require admission.
Extracted reasoning
The court accepted that the asserted purpose was not genuine family reunification; the daughters had not seriously sought to join their father for that reason. The family links invoked did not create an independent right of residence.