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Do I have a chance of being able to join my husband in South America, where he has a temporary lectureship posting , with my children from my first marriage, if I have custody, but my 'ex', their father, objects, claiming that they would be at risk because of the unstable situation out there ?

Yes - if you make a professional, well-reasoned and argued application to the family court to allow you to do so, and it grants permission, deciding that it would be in the minor's good, after having received reports from a professional it will appoint to make a report and recommendations on the matter,and after reviewing evidence regarding the alleged dangers raised by the father.
 
In July 2009 Tel Aviv Family Court (Family File 52121/05) accepted an application from a custodial mother to take her children from her first marriage to Ghana for a year,where her new husband,a diplomat, had been posted. After receiving a positive recommendation from a clinical psychologist it had appointed to report on the matter,and after weighing up evidence submitted by both sides from academic experts regarding tropical diseases and the political/security situation, the court held that the risk of possible emotional damage to the minors by refusing the application, outweighed any possible physical or health dangers,which had been exaggerated by the father,given the precautionary measures /arrangements that were at their disposal.