Marius Youbi
Recently, a Cameroonian
student was expelled from Denmark because he had worked “too much”... Marius
Youbi exceeded by one hour and a half the work limit for foreign students. The
thirty-year-old man worked in a cleaning job to pay his electrical engineering
studies. He only needed two semesters to finish his course…
Regulations are very strict in
Denmark for non-European Union students. The Danish government passed a law to
reduce the number of immigrants. That’s totally unfair for this man who was
described as the best student in the school. He had to go back to Cameroon and
start a new life. More than four years of his life have gone up in smoke. But
it’s not the only case in Denmark: a Nepalese man was forced to leave the
country with his wife and his son because he also exceeded the number of hours
for a part-time job.
A petition was signed by more
than 18,000 people with the aim of halting Mr Youbi’s deportation and to give
him his engineering diploma. The recent incidents in France, Germany and
Belgium don’t tip the scales in the immigrants’ favour either. At the last
elections in June, the Popular Party, which is against immigration, received
21% of the vote. Consequently, the domestic policy of Denmark now dissuades foreigners
from settling down in their country. This is why the government has decided to apply
the rules to the letter in order to control immigration.
As far as I’m concerned, I can
understand that the Danish Government doesn’t want to host too many migrants,
especially unqualified workers or retired people who aren’t able to help the
country. But in the case of Marius Youbi, he was going to be an engineer, and would
certainly find a job in a great company in Denmark. It would have been a
benefit for the Danish economy…
Links:
An article from The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/08/marius-youbi-foreign-student-forced-to-leave-denmark-exceeding-part-time-work-limit
Another article in French from
Le Figaro:
A video from CCTV News:
An article from The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/19/danish-peoples-party-dahl-border-controls-election
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