Parents of Mawda wait still on a residence permit: If the death of your child is not an exceptional circumstance is, what then?

Eight months after the death of their daughter, the parents of Mawda Shawri still no residence permit. In principle, they can go to a closed centre to be sent. Contrary to what the advocates have claimed, prime minister Charles Michel is not promised that the parents of Mawda would be regularised, so let the spokesperson know.

Five days after the Kurdish toddler Mawda Shawri (2) was killed by a stray politiekogel, received prime minister Michel reports parents. In the parliament he would even regularization in the prospect.

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But more than eight months after the date of the life the parents are still in uncertainty. “We are nowhere”, says Selma Benkhelefa, which for the parents is acting as a lawyer, in the weekly magazine Knack. the

“On 28 may we have the dossier submitted, and we still have no answer from the Immigration Service. It takes an exceptionally long time, while it is simple: according to the law asylum seekers are regulated in the case of exceptional circumstances. If the death of your child is not an exceptional circumstance is, what then?”

Premier Michel has not, however, promised that the parents of Mawda would be regularised, says his spokesperson. He refers to what Michel on may 31 of last year, said in the parliament. “My intention is for this matter to be treated with full respect for the rule of law and democracy, according to the legal Belgian framework.”