An application for family reunifica

An application for family reunification to the applicant's accompa¬nying child must not have been refused because the resident spouse or the spouse or partner is sentenced to imprisonment or other criminal sanction involving or allowing deprivation of liberty by final judgment for assault against under-aged within a period of 10 years prior to the date of the adjudication. x This does not apply if the applicant's child can be required to take up residence with close family in its country of origin and regard for the interests of the child does not make it inappropriate, or if exceptional reasons oth¬erwise make it inappropriate, including regard for family unity