Ferid is three years younger in his passport and cannot get it adjusted: ‘I am distraught’

You’re not 56, you’re 59, you just can’t prove it. A problem for many Tukkers born in Turkey, including Ferid Gergin from Enschede. He is one of many Dutch people with two dates of birth: one in his passport and one in his real one. A mistake from the past that continues to haunt him. “I’ve been fighting for years to get it corrected.”

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