Abdou
I´m afraid you are wrong
Matarr
>From: "A.B. Sidibe" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: FAMILY TIES
>Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 20:42:22 -0800
>
>Who is my great-granfather?
>Cheers!
>Abdou
>
>
>--- Matarr Amadou Sallah <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > 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]>
> > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> > list
> > ><[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: EUobserver: New rules for third-country
> > family reunification
> > >Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 18:56:43 +0100
> > >
> > >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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Vi ber om at
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Navn
> > > Navn
> > >
> > > 1.
> > >
> > > 13.
> > >
> > >
> > > 2.
> > >
> > > 14.
> > >
> > >
> > > 3.
> >
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