Good news for Haarlemmer Amine van der Wijden and his father Hans. Amine unexpectedly gets a residence permit after all. His lawyer Elles Besselsen informs NH Nieuws/Haarlem105 about this.
“I called Hans right away,” says Besselsen. “He is intensely happy, but still has to give it a bit of a place.”
Amine was born in Haarlem in 1999, but was raised by his mother in Morocco. Because of a difficult relationship with his mother, he has been looking for contact with his father Hans in Schalkwijk since he was fourteen and now also lives with him.
But because he could not get a Dutch passport due to mistakes, threatened eviction† A residence permit was also withheld for a long time by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND).
Human rights
Now Amine can still get a residence permit on the basis of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. It states that if you live in a family relationship with the parent, you can get a residence permit. Previously, it seemed that the IND wanted to make an exception to this rule and still wanted to deport Amine.
Watch the NH Nieuws report about Amine’s situation below
In principle, Amine’s residence permit is valid for five years, but will be extended if he complies with the conditions. Afterwards, he can also claim Dutch citizenship or a permanent residence permit.
Action mayor and House of Representatives
Member of Parliament Suzanne Kröger of GroenLinks stated yesterday: parliamentary questions to the State Secretary for Justice and Security about Amine’s residence procedure. Mayor Jos Wienen also intervened in the city council after pressure from the PvdA faction, but said that Amine has no legal right to live in the Netherlands.
“When it comes to the formal rules, he (Amine, ed.) has no right to stay here,” Wienen said earlier. Despite that, he did lobby in The Hague. “Sometimes you just have to look at what is human. You have to look at what is going on here. Isn’t it possible to look at this differently and deal with it differently?”
“You never find out exactly what the decisive reason was,” says Besselsen. “But the pressure certainly helped. I think: couldn’t you have thought of this right away?”