Hope for Sonia

The twelve -year -old Sonia Idemudia should have been removed to Nigeria at the end of July - away from her Swiss father, back to her very old grandparents (see article on the topic "Explanation:" Sonia should be allowed to stay here ""). According to the observer's report, the Zurich migration office decided that it was allowed to stay with the father by the end of September. An extension of the stay was also promised until the decision of the government council over the appeal.

Her classmates don't let Sonia hang: "We are fighting for her."

The matter itself is not doing well for Sonia. Just four days after the entrance, the responsible Zurich government councilor Hans Hollenstein rejected a re -balancing application. "This is very disappointing," says Sonia's lawyer Marc Spescha. "Apparently Hollenstein decided without seriously dealing with the arguments." Now there is hope on the overall government council - he could still decide for the girl.

The fate of Sonia triggered compassion and outrage. Her classmates and teachers and the school psychological service wrote to the government council and asked for a favorable decision for the twelve -year -old, which is well integrated. "I ask you, let them live in Switzerland like their little siblings." And: «We don't just let her go like that. We are fighting for them, »wrote her classmates. Her former teacher Daniela Strohmeier asks: «What kind of example should be stated here? How can a sharp migration policy be made about the child's well -being? »