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"provider_name": "Action Network",
"provider_url": "https://actionnetwork.org",
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"author_name": "Migrants Against the Acceptable Standard of Health Aotearoa",
"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/migrants-against-the-acceptable-standard-of-health-aotearoa",
"title": "Let Aidhan stay - Don't target disabled kids for deportation ",
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"description": "We request that the Associate Minister of Immigration intervene to remove the directive for priority enforcement action and grant Aidhan NZ residency. We request that the House of Representatives abolish the discriminatory Acceptable Standard of Health (ASH) immigration requirements and uphold the human rights of migrants with disabilities and health conditions In a welcoming Aotearoa, no child would be targeted for deportation just because they are disabled. But this is exactly what the Associate Minister for immigration has authorised for autistic five-year-old Aidhan. Indian parents Nithin Mankeel and Aparna Jayandhan Geetha are healthcare workers who have followed their long-held dream to make a home together in Whakatū Nelson. But our discriminatory Acceptable standard of Health (ASH) immigration requirements don't see the valuable contribution the whole family is making; they see only potential financial costs and not human worth. His parents share that Aidhan is a charismatic child with a warm, cute smile for everyone. He loves swimming classes and listening to music. He is gentle, never harmful, and shows love to the people around him. He can express his needs clearly. He is a charming boy—like a young bud in a garden. With the right support, he will blossom into a beautiful flower; but if that bud is picked too early, it cannot grow. It's hard for Aidhan to flourish while his family are fighting his deportation. The immigration processes are expensive, stressful and exhausting. Let's show the family that the community is behind them. Please sign to tell the Minister and all our MPs that no disabled child should be targeted for deportation and urge them to remove this directive for Aidhan immediately. We are further calling on Parliament to abolish the discriminatory policy that has caused Aidhan's family to face this injustice in the first place.",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/let-aidhan-stay-dont-target-disabled-kids-for-deportation"
}