Netherlands won't deport Armenian kids who went into hiding, for now May 8, 2018 - 12:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Two children who went into hiding after facing deportation to Armenia have been given a last minute reprieve and can await the results of a new attempt to win them residency rights in the Netherlands, DutchNews.nl reports. Howick (12) and Lily (13) should were deported on Monday, May 7 but their flight was cancelled following a last-ditch legal appeal. In April, a court ruled Howick and Lily can be sent back to their mother’s home country, despite never having lived there and not speaking the language. The court upheld former justice minister Klaas Dijkhoff’s decision not to give the children a residency permit on the basis of ‘temporary humanitarian grounds’, clearing the way for them to be deported. Their mother, Armina Hambartsjumian, was deported to Armenia in August last year after sending the children to a secret address. They were found a week later and now live with a foster family. The children were born in Russia and have lived in the Netherlands for over nine years. However, they have not qualified for the government’s amnesty for child refugees. Now their lawyer is attempting to win them refugee rights as independent individuals, rather than as children. The process is expected to take several months. Photo. Phil Nijhuis   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates  Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan.Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
