Questione giuridica chiave
Whether family reunification for the three younger children had to be granted under immigration law and constitutional family life guarantees.
Decisione estratta
No. The children had remained voluntarily in the home country, had long been cared for there, and no decisive change in caregiving circumstances required relocation to Switzerland.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that reunification may be refused where the parent moved abroad voluntarily, the children are integrated in the home environment, alternative care within the family exists, and moving them would unnecessarily uproot them. Their age and the lack of proof that the grandmother could no longer care for them meant no necessary change in custody arrangements.