The two children of a warrior who yesterday from Turkey to Belgium, returned, may the juvenile court judge be cared for by their grandmother. “The children are safe and well at grandma’s,” says Mohamed Ozdemir, the lawyer of the woman.
It comes to the two daughters of Amina Ghezzal (29) from Beverlo (Beringen); Maria (4) and Sirin (2). The mother fled at the end of 2017 with her children away from the self-proclaimed caliphate of Islamic State (IS) in Syria. The woman in Turkey in the cell, where they to ten years is condemned. This left the children for a year in Turkey. The father of the children, IS warrior Abdelkarim Elouassaki, in Syria were killed.
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On 19 december, the court ruled in summary proceedings that Belgium has the travel documents for the children must provide. The Belgian State is against the decision in appeal, because she believes that the verdict is not properly motivated. Nevertheless, the necessary travel documents on January 22, delivered to both the children. Yesterday came the preschoolers at the airport of Liège. the
The public prosecutor’s office of the province of Limburg progressed the juvenile court judge, “because of the special circumstances and needs of the children”.
Risk analysis
The juvenile court judge decided that Rachma Ayad, the grandmother on the side of the mother, the children are allowed to catch. There was a risk assessment made of the grandparents, says her lawyer.
“The children are safe with the grandmother. The appeal in the case is tomorrow’s proceedings, but a judgment is only within two months expected. The Belgian State will probably want to set a precedent to avoid. In theory the decision to be destroyed and may the girls be returned, but so far it will not come probably.”
In theory the decision to be destroyed and may the girls be returned, but so far it will not come probably.
Lawyer Mohamed Ozdemir.
“think Forward”
Grandmother Rachma Ayad hopes in any event, the final of the children to be taken care of. “We want to think ahead”, familiar to us recently. The oma states that it is not concerned about negative reactions. “The issue here is about pre-schoolers who like nothing better than a peaceful and stable environment,” she says. “The oldest asked every day via WhatsApp or her bookbag and her little bike all ready.” The girl of 4 year old would, within the month, all able to go to school. She speaks a good bit of English – in addition to the Syrian that they are in a war zone has learned.