Suggest suspension of mailings – VG

Mustafa Hasan (18), who has lived in Norway for 13 years, recently received a final decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals (UNE) that he can no longer stay in Norway.

Hasan has until December 7 to leave Norway and must drop out of high school. The case has mobilized both demonstrations and a fundraising campaign. Hasan’s mother and father do not live in Norway and he is still in aftercare at the Child Welfare Service.

Now SV submitted proposals to the Storting that all restitution cases involving children seeking long-term asylum be suspended pending a review of the practice of the Board of Immigration Appeals in these cases.

Among other things, the party wants it to be reviewed whether key criteria for assessing residency, such as the best interests of the child, the length of the child’s residence and humanitarian considerations, are weighed according to the intent of the legislator. MDG cautions that they will support the proposal.

– This case covers all the axes of the boots and it does not make any sense that an 18-year-old is punished for what his mother did when he was 6 years old. He should and should have granted him residency many years ago, and now the Norwegian authorities are using their own inertia against him. It is simply not possible to treat people in this way, says Parliamentary Representative Karin Andersen (SV) in a statement that VG has received.

The cases that are suspended must include people with a long period of residence who have reached 18 years after January 1, 2019, it is stated in the proposal, which has been submitted to the Storting.

– Children are not responsible for what their parents have done. He has been here for almost 13 years and has become Norwegian. You cannot be sent to a country where you do not know the language or have prerequisites to survive.

The residence permit was revoked

Mustafa Hasan’s mother declared that she was Palestinian when she arrived in Norway with him and four other minor children 13 years ago. Soon she gave birth to a daughter.

The family was first granted temporary residency, but this was reversed when immigration authorities discovered that the mother had provided incorrect information on the application.

She had not said that she was also a Jordanian citizen. After her mother married her Jordanian cousin, she became a citizen herself, even though she was born and raised in Palestine.

UNE: – Thoroughly evaluated

Last week, department head Terje Østraat at UNE wrote to VG that Hasan’s case and his connection to Norway had been thoroughly evaluated several times over the years.

– Your case has also been processed in the district court and in the court of appeal, where the UNE was confirmed, Østraat writes in the email.

UNE states that they agree that Hasan has a strong connection to Norway, but must weigh this against immigration regulatory considerations.

– The family has given incorrect information about their identity and has presented false documents. This constitutes a serious violation of the Immigration Law.

Østraat writes that when UNE took a position on Hasan’s case for the first time, before the case was brought to court, he was a child. In the last decision from now in November, you have been considered an adult because you are now over 18 years old.

– In general, it takes a lot to obtain a residence permit for humanitarian reasons. The rules are such that Norwegian affiliation and strong human considerations must be weighed against immigration regulatory considerations. It takes less for a child to stay on humanitarian grounds than an adult.