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Justice shouldn't depend on a bank balance: Teun's asylum application
An asylum application deadline is approaching and Teun can't afford the lawyer.
🇳🇱 1082 GT, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands4,070 views
Teun is facing an asylum application. The hearing is scheduled for September, and the filing fees and the lawyer's retainer come to $2,700. Three legal-aid offices have said their waiting lists are longer than the deadline.
Teun has all the paperwork ready, and a caseworker at a local immigrant rights clinic has confirmed that the case is valid.
If the deadline is missed Teun could lose the right to stay with the family and the job. The children were born here and this is the only home they know.
Funds cover only the filing fees, translations and attorney retainer.
Where the $2,700 goes:
• Attorney retainer: $2,150
• Filing and biometrics fees: $410
• Court-appointed interpreter and travel: $140
Thank you for reading my story.
Updates from Bas
Small update. $905 so far, I made the first payment toward filing and biometrics fees.
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thinking of you and your family, Bas. This could happen to any of us. All the best.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Mthatha so I could bring a meal. All the best
Hang in there, Bas. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Moscow but we're thinking of you.
I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Charlotte
Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Bursa but we're thinking of you.