Ariana has also been receiving education at church for several weeks. “Teachers teach me one-on-one. I have now moved up from pre-vocational secondary education level to MAVO,” she beams.
Although both children are working on their future, they hardly dare to really think about it. The past cabinet, in which Geert Wilders’ PVV was the largest, has made them insecure.
All hope is now focused on Rob Jetten’s D66. That party wants the children’s pardon, which was abolished in 2019, back. According to D66, children who have stayed in the Netherlands for more than five years are at home in the Netherlands. “They must not fall victim to failing government policy,” the party program states.
“Hope gives life,” Aram smiles. “Of course I already have an idea of what I will do first if we hear that we can stay after all. Then I will play football with my friends.” Ariana also immediately knows what she is going to do when the church door opens for good: “Then I am going to run very fast through the streets. And dance. Dance in freedom.”