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The Local, Sweden
March 4 2012
Swedish town welcomes back deported family
Published: 4 Mar 12
The Swedish town of Ånge in northern Sweden held a welcome home
celebration on Saturday for the Danielian/Arustamjan family who have
returned to Sweden almost three months after being deported to
Armenia.
The Swedish town of Ånge in northern Sweden held a welcome home
celebration on Saturday for the Danielian/Arustamjan family who have
returned to Sweden almost three months after being deported to
Armenia.
-Shock deportation leaves Swedish town reeling (14 Dec 11)
The family was allowed to return on Friday after Susanna Danielian was
offered a job in the local Ica supermarket, making them eligible for
residency under the regulations for labour market migration.
"It is 11 years since you first came to Ånge. Now you have finally
received your papers to say you can stay," Sten-Ove Danielsson, a
local councillor, said in a speech to the hundreds gathered at Ånge
sports field on Saturday, according to a report in the Sundsvalls
Tidning daily.
"You can whistle when you meet the police on the street and no one can
eject you from the country," he added.
The chairperson of Ånge IK sports club handed over a symbolic check
for 147,000 kronor ($23,000), equating to the money donated locally to
assist the family in the plight.
The enthusiasm of local residents over the family's return was
captured on a blog started by friends of the boys after they had been
deported.
"The feeling of meeting them again after 3 looooooong months is
indescribable," friend Samuel Österlund wrote on Saturday.
"The only thing I can say now is yeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssss."
The Local reported in December that the residents of Ånge were
outraged at the decision to deport the family of five after they had
been part of the local community for over ten years.
The deportation of the family's three teenage sons, in the early hours
of Lucia Day, caused consternation among the boys' friends at school
and over a hundred residents (of around 3,000) gathered in the town
square that evening to protest and to launch a campaign to reverse the
decision.
The deportation however came as little surprise to the family as they
had twice had applications for residency rejected and had a
deportation order hanging over them since 2008.
After being deposited at the airport in Armenia the family were able
to find refuge in the home of a taxi driver who took pity on them,
according to a report in the Aftonbladet daily.
Peter Vinthagen Simpson
http://www.thelocal.se/39482/20120304/
March 4 2012
Swedish town welcomes back deported family
Published: 4 Mar 12
The Swedish town of Ånge in northern Sweden held a welcome home
celebration on Saturday for the Danielian/Arustamjan family who have
returned to Sweden almost three months after being deported to
Armenia.
The Swedish town of Ånge in northern Sweden held a welcome home
celebration on Saturday for the Danielian/Arustamjan family who have
returned to Sweden almost three months after being deported to
Armenia.
-Shock deportation leaves Swedish town reeling (14 Dec 11)
The family was allowed to return on Friday after Susanna Danielian was
offered a job in the local Ica supermarket, making them eligible for
residency under the regulations for labour market migration.
"It is 11 years since you first came to Ånge. Now you have finally
received your papers to say you can stay," Sten-Ove Danielsson, a
local councillor, said in a speech to the hundreds gathered at Ånge
sports field on Saturday, according to a report in the Sundsvalls
Tidning daily.
"You can whistle when you meet the police on the street and no one can
eject you from the country," he added.
The chairperson of Ånge IK sports club handed over a symbolic check
for 147,000 kronor ($23,000), equating to the money donated locally to
assist the family in the plight.
The enthusiasm of local residents over the family's return was
captured on a blog started by friends of the boys after they had been
deported.
"The feeling of meeting them again after 3 looooooong months is
indescribable," friend Samuel Österlund wrote on Saturday.
"The only thing I can say now is yeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssss."
The Local reported in December that the residents of Ånge were
outraged at the decision to deport the family of five after they had
been part of the local community for over ten years.
The deportation of the family's three teenage sons, in the early hours
of Lucia Day, caused consternation among the boys' friends at school
and over a hundred residents (of around 3,000) gathered in the town
square that evening to protest and to launch a campaign to reverse the
decision.
The deportation however came as little surprise to the family as they
had twice had applications for residency rejected and had a
deportation order hanging over them since 2008.
After being deposited at the airport in Armenia the family were able
to find refuge in the home of a taxi driver who took pity on them,
according to a report in the Aftonbladet daily.
Peter Vinthagen Simpson
http://www.thelocal.se/39482/20120304/