120,000 Cards Delivered to Parliament to Keep Asylum-Seeking Children in the Netherlands
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Kerkasiel Kampen delivered 120,000 handwritten cards to the House of Representatives to draw attention to hundreds of children who are rooted in the Netherlands but are not receiving a residence permit. Several hundred people had gathered at the Malieveld in The Hague for a demonstration. Pastors from various churches and visitors dressed in white spoke out there in favor of a more humane asylum policy. They want approximately 420 children of as…
The mailroom of the House of Representatives was busy on Tuesday. Eighty mailbags were delivered containing 120,000 cards calling for residence permits to be granted to "rooted" asylum-seeking children.
By presenting more than 120,000 cards in the House of Representatives, the organization running the church sanctuary in Kampen managed to briefly regain attention. Moreover, the organization achieved a small success. One of the coalition parties has pledged to look into a solution for rooted children. However, there is still a long way to go.
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