No change on child refugee amnesty, says Dutch prime minister
6 years, 4 months ago

No change on child refugee amnesty, says Dutch prime minister

Dutch News  

The government has no intention of changing the current rules for granting residency permits to refugee children who are well-rooted in the Netherlands but do not meet normal requirements, prime minister Mark Rutte said on Monday. The case of Lili and Howick, two children who were set for deportation to Armenia on Saturday but allowed to stay by junior justice minister Mark Harbers at the last minute, is a ‘unique case and a unique decision’, Rutte told reporters on Monday. Petition Politicians and celebrities have been urging the government to rethink its child refugee amnesty because of the overly strict rules and over 100,000 people have so far signed a petition calling for change. The Supreme Court ruled last month that there was no legal reason to keep Lili and Howick in the Netherlands because Armenia is a safe country and agreements had been made to make sure the children ‘did not end up on the street’

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Kids still at risk of deportation, despite extended children's pardon
3 years, 7 months ago

Kids still at risk of deportation, despite extended children's pardon

NL Times  

Over a hundred child asylum seekers who have been living in the Netherlands for five or more years are still litigating against the rejection of their residency permits, despite the Dutch government extending the children's pardon in 2019. In 2019, after a great deal of political unrest and wrangling, the Dutch government decided to extend the 2013 children's pardon for …

Minister again says no to 'ad hoc' Greece child refugee plea
4 years, 10 months ago

Minister again says no to 'ad hoc' Greece child refugee plea

Dutch News  

The government has again confirmed that it will not bring refugee children currently living in Greek camps to the Netherlands, despite calls for action by aid groups. ‘We do not support ad hoc solutions,’ junior justice minister Ankie Broekers-Knol told MPs on Wednesday. Leiden, Amsterdam and The Hague are among the cities which have said they are prepared to make …

Minister again says no to 'ad hoc' Greece child refugee plea
4 years, 10 months ago

Minister again says no to 'ad hoc' Greece child refugee plea

Dutch News  

The government has again confirmed that it will not bring refugee children currently living in Greek camps to the Netherlands, despite calls for action by aid groups. ‘We do not support ad hoc solutions,’ junior justice minister Ankie Broekers-Knol told MPs on Wednesday. Leiden, Amsterdam and The Hague are among the cities which have said they are prepared to make …

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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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 …

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 …

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 …

Deporting well-rooted refugee children is irresponsible: professors
6 years, 1 month ago

Deporting well-rooted refugee children is irresponsible: professors

Dutch News  

Deporting children who have lived in the Netherlands for more than five years is both irresponsible and extremely damaging, experts in child medicine, neurology and psychiatry say in a new paper. The paper, written by three university professors and signed by a further 35, was written in response to the planned deportation of Armenian children Lili and Howick, who were …

Rutte again says the cabinet has no plans to change child refugee policy
6 years, 2 months ago

Rutte again says the cabinet has no plans to change child refugee policy

Dutch News  

The government has no plans to change the rules covering the amnesty for child refugees who have lived in the Netherlands for at least five years but still face deportation, prime minister Mark Rutte said at the weekend. Rutte said that while he noted the new campaign, ‘there are no proposals to change the policy’. They know the risk they …

Rutte again says the cabinet has no plans to change child refugee policy
6 years, 2 months ago

Rutte again says the cabinet has no plans to change child refugee policy

Dutch News  

The government has no plans to change the rules covering the amnesty for child refugees who have lived in the Netherlands for at least five years but still face deportation, prime minister Mark Rutte said at the weekend. Rutte said that while he noted the new campaign, ‘there are no proposals to change the policy’. They know the risk they …

TV presenter puts child refugee amnesty on the parliamentary agenda
6 years, 2 months ago

TV presenter puts child refugee amnesty on the parliamentary agenda

Dutch News  

A Dutch television presenter and journalist has managed to gather over 70,000 signatures for a petition to force parliament to debate the deportation of well-rooted refugee children in just one night. Under the citizens’ initiative scheme, controversial issues have to be placed on the parliamentary agenda if more than 40,000 signatures have been collected in support. The petition was launched …

TV presenter puts child refugee amnesty on the parliamentary agenda
6 years, 2 months ago

TV presenter puts child refugee amnesty on the parliamentary agenda

Dutch News  

A Dutch television presenter and journalist has managed to gather over 70,000 signatures for a petition to force parliament to debate the deportation of well-rooted refugee children in just one night. Under the citizens’ initiative scheme, controversial issues have to be placed on the parliamentary agenda if more than 40,000 signatures have been collected in support. The petition was launched …

No change on child refugee amnesty, says Dutch prime minister
6 years, 4 months ago

No change on child refugee amnesty, says Dutch prime minister

Dutch News  

The government has no intention of changing the current rules for granting residency permits to refugee children who are well-rooted in the Netherlands but do not meet normal requirements, prime minister Mark Rutte said on Monday. The case of Lili and Howick, two children who were set for deportation to Armenia on Saturday but allowed to stay by junior justice …

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