Free legal aid to long- staying children
Do you know families with children under 18 who have lived in Norway
for several years, and who are at risk of being deported? Tell them to contact
NOAS for free legal aid! NOAS wants contact with all these families, including
those who already have a lawyer working on their case.
The Government has adopted new rules on when long-staying
children should be given permission to stay. On 1 July 2014, a one-off solution
for long-staying children was introduced. This autumn, new permanent rules for
long-staying children will be introduced.
In order for a case to be reviewed again under the new
rules, all families must send a new appeal. Families risk deportation if they
do not send a new appeal – even if they fulfill the criteria for permission to
stay under the new rules.
To write an appeal is difficult, and families will need help
when writing it. The new rules are complicated, and it is difficult to know
which information must be sent to the immigration authorities. The immigration
authorities do not review cases on their own initiative, and legal aid is not
provided to families. The parents of long-staying children are not allowed to
work, and few can afford to pay a lawyer.
To ensure that all these children can have their case
reviewed again, a national campaign works to secure these children legal aid.
Through fundraising and finding lawyers who will work for free, we want to give
all long-staying children the chance to have their case reviewed again under
the new rules. NOAS is responsible for administering the campaign, and will
also provide legal aid.
In order to reach the relevant families, we depend on help
to spread this information. We also want to be contacted by families who
already have a lawyer, in order to know how their case is progressing and if we
can provide assistance to their lawyer or provide more information.
Families who have children under 18 and who have been in Norway for
more than three years, please contact NOAS.
Email us at
rettshjelpsdugnad@noas.org or call the switchboard 22 36 56 60, or project
officers Omar Ishak 958 20 081 Mari Seilskjær 913 34 364.
More information can be
found here:
About the national
campaign:
About the one-off
solution:
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