In two judgments of 01.08.2022 (Cases C-279/20 and C-273/20 or C-355/20), the ECJ declared unlawful the previous practice of the Federal Republic of Germany, according to which family reunification of children or parents with recognised refugees is no longer an option if the children are of legal age at the time of visa application or issuance. Despite a comparable ruling by the ECJ of 12.04.2018, the Federal Foreign Office had taken the position that the Dutch legal situation was not comparable with the German one. As a result, families were separated if the German bureaucracy processed either the asylum procedures or the subsequent visa procedures too slowly. The ECJ today clearly rejected this incomprehensible practice that violates human rights: According to this, the right to family reunification cannot be lost when the child reaches the age of majority.