Hello Everyone
Here is somrthing to think about.
Peter´s son is the father-in-law
to the husband of your father´s sister.
How are you related to Peter or what is Peter
to you?
Matarr
>From: Amadu Kabir Njie <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: EUobserver: New rules for third-country family reunification
>Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 18:56:43 +0100
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>Hi!
>
>This news item seems quite interesting for some reasons. The Scandinavian
>countries, as opposed to the rest of Europe have been sneaking in 'laws'
>that require DNA testing between parents and their offspring in order to
>prove biological ties in family reunification applications.
>
>These are not 'laws' passed by parliament but rather 'regulations' crafted
>by Immigration Authorities which allow them to 'offer' such tests to
>applicants in family reunification cases; an 'offer' you don't dare refuse,
>as that spells automatic rejection of your application.
>
>In Norway, among the list of twelve countries whose nationals are availed
>this special 'offer,' ten are African: Somalia, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone,
>Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia and Cameroon; the other two non-African
>countries being Afghanistan and Irak.
>
>That's not all, the applicants have to travel to the Norwegian embassy
>nearest to their home country, which in Gambia's case for example, would
>mean Abidjan in civil war-engulfed Ivory Coast and at the applicant's own
>cost too, in order to give blood specimen. Specimen which is then supposed
>to be dispatched to Oslo for analysis.
>
>Consular outpost like the one we have in the Gambia are not accepted as
>being good enough to collect such specimen, an exercise than can be carried
>out by even an auxillary nurse.
>
>It is also supposed to take three months from the collection of the
>specimen till the result is made available, a time frame which does not
>included the six months that it is normally supposed to take to process
>such applications.
>
>One is naturally led to wonder why only certain hand-picked countries are
>made this unethical 'offer'?
>
>Well according to the Norwegian Immigration Authority,
>Utlendingsdirektoratet (UDI), the validity of documents from these
>countries is questionable since they are known for their rampant
>corruption. One concrete example they proffered was that a mother can just
>walk into a health centre and quote a date of birth of a child, name of
>parents, and be issued with a birth certificate.
>
>Question is, why would these same authorities that accept other documents
>from these countries without question, choose to question the validity of
>only birth certificates? Why are marriage certificates exempt, for example?
>The whole scheme is suspect at best.
>
>As usual, there has not been any concerted response from the communities
>involved. Some from the affected communities have even been blaming the
>victims as there has been a general attitude of: 'It does not affect me;'
>while some have refuse outright to append their signatures to a petition
>intended to deliver some form of protest, set in motion by certain
>concerned individuals. First it was only the Somalians, now there are nine
>more African nationalities; today it is DNA testing, tomorrow?
>
>My understanding from conversations with Gambians resident in both Sweden
>and Denmark, is that these countries instituted not only 'laws' that
>'offer' DNA tests but more far-reaching and hostile one towards immigrants.
>I just could not believe my ears when Momodou Camara explained to me the
>length to which the Danish Immigration Authority has gone in order to
>frustrate efforts by 'foreigners,' even those holding Danish nationality,
>to have even their wives join them in Denmark.
>
>For the benefit of those who read Norwegian/Danish/Swedish, the circular
>from UDI on DNA testing can be accessed at:
>
>http://193.71.11.42/dokumenter/doc/rundskriv/2002/rs200229.doc
>
>Below is text of the petition. Those resident in Norway who wish to append
>their signatures to it can also sign electronically by sending an email
>with the heading "Petition" to: [log in to unmask]
>
>Gjenopprett offentlig tillit til Utlendingsdirektoratet (UDI)!
>
>Familiegjenforening - en menneskerett!
>
>
>
>Vi som bidrar med våre underskrifter er veldig bekymret for hvordan
>Utlendingsdirektoratet (UDI) fungerer og hvordan UDI behandler de som søker
>om familiegjenforening eller om besøksvisum for å møte slekt og venner
>bosatt i Norge. De siste årene har det kommet mange klager men få
>endringer. Faktisk ser det ut som om forholdene har forverret seg.
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>Vi ber om at
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> a.. norske myndigheter baserer sin saksbehandling på bedre kjennskap til
>lokale institusjoner for ekteskapsinngåelse og lokale forståelser av
>familie og slektskap.
> b.. DNA-tester ikke tas i bruk i familiegjenforeningssaker, først og
>fremst fordi DNA ikke er det viktigste kriteriet for familedannelse,
>hverken i Norge eller landende innvandrere og asylsøkere i Norge kommer
>fra.
> c.. minsteinntekt på 165 000 kroner i året som forutsetning for
>familiegjenforening revurderes, barns behov for oppvekst i samvær med sine
>foreldre blir ikke mindre av at foreldrene har en lav inntekt.
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>Regards,
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>Kabir.
>EUobserver: New rules for third-country family reunification:
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>http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=9520#
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