The prayer as a sign of protest and hope. In the Dutch church of Bethel, located in The Hague, his faithful (protestants) they take a month and praying two days without pause to prevent the deportation of an Armenian family welcomed us inside: 792 hours. The police can not enter a temple during religious services, and for that, the 300 pastors from around the country are taking turns to prevent the arrest of Sasun and Anousche Tamrazyan, and their three children. Sasun ensures that he fled from his land when he was threatened with death for political reasons. Carry nine years in Holland, and although the Government has ordered their march, because Armenia is considered a safe country, they don’t trust them. Have tried to remain appealing to the amnesty for refugee minors enacted in exceptional situations by the authorities. It would also benefit the parents, and their problems would have been solved.
“the future of the family Tamrazyan is not in the Netherlands. It has come to the conclusion that you do not have the right to be protected,” said Mark Harbers, the secretary of State for Asylum and Migration. The case is especially difficult for the political liberal right. Last September he said the same of Lili and Howick, a few brothers also armenians of 12 and 13 years, with a decade of residence in the Netherlands. Ordered his expulsion because the security of Armenia had no doubt, but then amnistió in the midst of a great social upheaval. The boys have gone into hiding, and fearing I might pass on something, Harbers changed his mind.
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Tamrazyan would want a similar deal for their children, Hayarpi (21 years), Warduhi (19) and Seryan (15). Especially because the courts have given them Vegabet the reason on two occasions, but the State appealed and lost the case at the end. “I don’t understand why it has come to our case to the Council of State, when we could stay. I have come to say that if you find me on the train or on the street, I she’ll be deported and will end the life I lead,” said Hayarpi to the Dutch television. The Government indicates that there are about 400 children in the same situation, and it does not intend to enact a general amnesty. If you believe that asylum seekers are safe in their native land, wants them to return.
The laws in force respecting the temples, but to reject the abuses of the norm. A reality that Theo Hettema, president of the General Council Dutch Reverend Protestants do not ignore it. “No church would have to choose between respecting the human dignity or the authority of government,” he said. In the end, decided to open its doors to the Tamrazyan “for fidelity to the ecclesial hospitality”. The time that Hettema wants to win for the secretary of State to rectify is supported by other factors. The immigration services resolved to delay the records of the asylum seekers due to lack of staff and budget adjustments.
In theory, an application must be resolved in six months, but usually takes at least a year. Although the biggest delays occur when the affected choose to exhaust all the legal resources at your fingertips to stay, the slow pace of the administration has been recognized by the Government itself. One of the reasons is the influx of syrian refugees registered in 2015. When asked after the family reunification, the offices collapsed. “Each case must be assessed with care”, point out sources in the Immigration service. All in all, the delays are fine, and at the beginning of October, the Dutch authorities had to pay a million euros to the petitioners of asylum (one thousand records) that did not receive a timely response.