The last of countless hurdles has been overcome: The blacksmith employee Zika Oni from Ebersberg is allowed to stay.
This was preceded by a tough, public struggle against his deportation.
Ebersberg
- Around 2500 citizens have signed a petition for Zika Oni, the case had made waves far beyond the region: The Nigerian works at the Bergmeister art forge in Langwied near Ebersberg, his boss wants to train him.
Now it is clear: he can stay.
As the CSU member of the state parliament Thomas Huber reports, Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann has followed a recommendation of the hardship commission of the state parliament and issued a permanent residence permit for the Nigerian.
The 30-year-old was about to be deported because he was tolerated in Germany but not recognized as an asylum seeker.
In view of his professional and social integration, this had caused outrage, politicians, citizens, the Chamber of Crafts and his employer stood up for him.
Two-year procedure: Hardship Commission with recommendation to the Minister of the Interior
With success: The residence permit, which has now been issued after almost two years of proceedings, is valid “in the event that you continue to secure your own livelihood,” says Huber.
"I am very pleased that everyone's efforts have paid off and that this story of a really successful integration has now come to a happy end."
The hardship commission makes it possible, as an exception, to issue a residence permit to foreigners who would be obliged to leave the country.
In this way, help can be provided in the case of special individual fates and in exceptional humanitarian cases for which the Residence Act does not provide a solution.
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