Question juridique clé
Whether the public law appeal was admissible despite the immigration subject matter
Solution extraite
The appeal in public law matters was admissible for the spouse and the four common children because they had a statutory and Convention-based claim to family life reunification; the subsidiary constitutional complaint was therefore unavailable.
Motifs extraits
Under former ANAG Art. 17(2), a settled foreigner has a claim for spouse and minor children; Art. 8 ECHR and Art. 13(1) BV also protected family life. The separate claim regarding the son from the first marriage was no longer in dispute.