Brussels, 24/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - Council's formal adoption at the beginning of the week of the directive on family reunification has attracted sharp criticism from the High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR, Geneva). The Director of the Bureau for Europe of the HCR, Raymond Hall, condemned the fact that "family reunification can be refused for reasons of national policy, State security or on public health grounds", reports Agence France Presse (AFP). Mr Hall adds that the "concept of...