Church closes three-month vigil to protect family from evictions in the Netherlands | World

Bethel Church, a small chapel located in a residential area of ​​The Hague, announced the end of its three-month service a day after the announcement by the Dutch government coalition to consider the demands of Asylum of hundreds of children who had received their application. rejected.

Thousands of believers prayed tirelessly to protect the Tamrazyan family – consisting of parents, two daughters and one son – from the deportation. The last service was held on Wednesday at 13:30 local time (10:30 in Brasilia) and was followed by a party.

"The Tuesday political agreement offers families like the Tamrazyans a safe prospect in the Netherlands," said Church Representative, Theo Hettema, in a statement.

"We are extremely grateful to hundreds of refugee families for a secure future in Holland," said Hettema.

of their political activities. They have been in the Netherlands for nine years. The family fled to the church after the authorities rejected asylum applications, including the children's stay in the country.

The parliamentary agreement guarantees that the claims of some 700 children born and raised in the Netherlands while their parents waited for an answer to asylum applications are examined.

Four coalition parties reached this agreement on Tuesday after strong criticism from human rights and civil society organizations, as the case concerns Expulsion of children, many of whom were born in the Netherlands and do not know it. the language and the country of origin of their parents.

Under this agreement, at least 90% of children – 630 out of 700 – can stay with their families after their case has been individually re-examined.

The issue had deteriorated relations between the four parties – the liberal VVD, the Christian Democratic Call (CDA), Democrats 66 and the Christian Union – and threatened to spark a crisis of government as the Liberals refused to contain these deportations while the other three parties called for their paralysis until the publication of an official report on the management of the issue in recent years.

The coalition also agreed to shorten asylum appraisal procedures, which required more than ten years between appeals and trials, and that more money would be spent on medical services. # 39; immigration.