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100,000 people sign petition for child refugee amnesty

Friday 27 January 2012

Some 100,000 people have so far signed a petition calling on the government to stop deporting young refugees who have put down roots in the Netherlands, Trouw reports on Friday.

GroenLinks parliamentarian Tofik Dibi, who launched the initiative, hopes the online petition will help persuade the cabinet to introduce legislation allowing children who have lived in the Netherlands for at least eight years to stay.

The MP started the campaign after immigration minister Gerd Leers said he would not make an exception for Angolan youth Mauro Manuel who was faced with deportation despite living in the Netherlands since he was 10.

Manuel has since been given a student visa to stay.

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Great news! thanks for publishing this DN. If possible, could you all please include links to this type of petion so we can all sign it if we want?

By Bill | January 27, 2012 10:04 AM

A link to the petition would be nice...

By CW | January 27, 2012 10:25 AM

These will always be unfortunate stories of people suffering but we must have strict rules or people will abuse the good will.

By Phil | January 27, 2012 11:01 AM

@Editor

Can you please provide information or a link to help us sign the petition? What happened to Mauro was appauling and I'd like to sign.

By osita | January 27, 2012 7:10 PM

This is the link to the petition:
http://kinderpardon.nu/petitie.php

By pepe | January 30, 2012 3:08 PM

@Phil: That's so easy for you to say when you're one of the lucky ones. Have you no empathy? Sure SOME people will abuse the good will, but that doesn't mean EVERYONE should be punished for the lack of scruples of one or two.

By Stupid | January 31, 2012 12:24 PM