Coalition reaches deal on child refugees, agrees to abolish amnesty
5 years, 11 months ago

Coalition reaches deal on child refugees, agrees to abolish amnesty

Dutch News  

The four coalition parties have reached agreement on giving residency rights to some 630 well-rooted child refugees and will abolish the amnesty after their cases have been solved. GroenLinks MP Bram van Oijk described the deal as ‘miserly horse trading.’ Questions Defence for Children, which campaigns for child rights, welcomed the new agreement but said many questions remain unanswered. ‘But it all sounds very positive and if you see the stress these children are going through, they deserve it.’ The Dutch refugee organisation Vluchtelingenwerk and the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR Nederland both said they were pleased that the problem of well-rooted children had been solved. However, it is a ‘real pity’ that this has been offset against a reduction in the number of refugees admitted through the UN settlement scheme, UN Nederland chief Luke Korlaar said on Twitter.

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Brexit: MPs vote against protecting rights of child refugees
4 years, 11 months ago

Brexit: MPs vote against protecting rights of child refugees

The Independent  

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Dozens of children are rejected as child refugee amnesty runs out
5 years ago

Dozens of children are rejected as child refugee amnesty runs out

Dutch News  

Children’s right’s campaign group Defence for Children fears that dozens of refugee children who have applied to stay in the Netherlands under the 2019 amnesty are being rejected, broadcaster NOS said on Sunday. ‘We have our eye on hundreds of children who have made a request but more than half of them have been rejected, because according to the IND …

Dozens of children are rejected as child refugee amnesty runs out
5 years ago

Dozens of children are rejected as child refugee amnesty runs out

Dutch News  

Children’s right’s campaign group Defence for Children fears that dozens of refugee children who have applied to stay in the Netherlands under the 2019 amnesty are being rejected, broadcaster NOS said on Sunday. ‘We have our eye on hundreds of children who have made a request but more than half of them have been rejected, because according to the IND …

Asylum kids to know whether they can stay in NL by end of year
5 years, 10 months ago

Asylum kids to know whether they can stay in NL by end of year

NL Times  

All 700 child asylum seekers who may be eligible for the children's pardon, will have clarity about their future in the Netherlands by the end of the year. Dutch immigration and naturalization service IND aims to complete its re-evaluation of these children's asylum applications before year's end, RTL NIeuws reports. The Children’s Pardon applies to the children of asylum seekers …

IND will review all child refugee amnesty cases by end 2019
5 years, 10 months ago

IND will review all child refugee amnesty cases by end 2019

Dutch News  

The immigration service IND said on Monday it will try to have reviewed all the appeals by some 700 refugee children facing deportation by the end of the year. Officials have said they expect most of the children and their family members will now be allowed to stay, taking the total to around 1,300 people ‘As soon as a decision …

IND will review all child refugee amnesty cases by end 2019
5 years, 10 months ago

IND will review all child refugee amnesty cases by end 2019

Dutch News  

The immigration service IND said on Monday it will try to have reviewed all the appeals by some 700 refugee children facing deportation by the end of the year. Officials have said they expect most of the children and their family members will now be allowed to stay, taking the total to around 1,300 people ‘As soon as a decision …

Child migrants are being used as a bargaining chip: Dutch opposition
5 years, 11 months ago

Child migrants are being used as a bargaining chip: Dutch opposition

NL Times  

While the majority of the opposition parties in parliament is pleased with the expansion of the children's pardon, the government parties still faced strong criticism during a parliamentary debate on the matter on Wednesday. The coalition parties agreed to reassess the cases of around 700 child asylum seekers who were not given refugee status, but have become rooted in the …

Cabinet tensions rise ahead of key debate on child refugee amnesty
5 years, 11 months ago

Cabinet tensions rise ahead of key debate on child refugee amnesty

Dutch News  

The four coalition parties have still not found a solution for the child refugee amnesty crisis, which is threatening to cause a serious division in the coalition. Parliament will debate the amnesty for well-rooted child refugees on Wednesday morning, and MPs from three of the four coalition parties have said they support a more lenient system. ‘But in the interests …

Cabinet tensions rise ahead of key debate on child refugee amnesty
5 years, 11 months ago

Cabinet tensions rise ahead of key debate on child refugee amnesty

Dutch News  

The four coalition parties have still not found a solution for the child refugee amnesty crisis, which is threatening to cause a serious division in the coalition. Parliament will debate the amnesty for well-rooted child refugees on Wednesday morning, and MPs from three of the four coalition parties have said they support a more lenient system. ‘But in the interests …

Coalition split as CDA, D66, ChristenUnie call for change to child refugee amnesty
5 years, 11 months ago

Coalition split as CDA, D66, ChristenUnie call for change to child refugee amnesty

Dutch News  

Three of the four Dutch coalition parties are now in favour of changes to the amnesty for well-rooted child refugees, saying the current situation is ‘untenable’. pic.twitter.com/CQLCGH4IvP — Gert-Jan Segers January 19, 2019 ‘We recognise that the situation is not sustainable,’ CDA parliamentarian Madeleine van Toorenburg told Radio 1 news. The coalition parties want junior immigration minister Mark Harbers to …

Coalition split as CDA, D66, ChristenUnie call for change to child refugee amnesty
5 years, 11 months ago

Coalition split as CDA, D66, ChristenUnie call for change to child refugee amnesty

Dutch News  

Three of the four Dutch coalition parties are now in favour of changes to the amnesty for well-rooted child refugees, saying the current situation is ‘untenable’. pic.twitter.com/CQLCGH4IvP — Gert-Jan Segers January 19, 2019 ‘We recognise that the situation is not sustainable,’ CDA parliamentarian Madeleine van Toorenburg told Radio 1 news. The coalition parties want junior immigration minister Mark Harbers to …

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