Yet his lawyers saw a legal opportunity to keep him in the Netherlands. His parents broke up in 2018. Since then, his father, who now has children with a Dutch woman, has received a residence permit. Because Mikael has a care and parenting relationship with his father, his lawyers stated that he is entitled to stay in the Netherlands on the basis of European treaties.
Focus on the mother
Nevertheless, the IND has now rejected this application. According to Dagblad Trouw The service judges that the main responsibility for Mikael’s care lies with his mother. As long as they are together, the IND considers its well -being sufficiently guaranteed – and according to them that is also possible in Armenia, despite the involvement of his father.