by PETER STANNERS
Flavia Oregon with her 18-month-old son Camilo may be returning to Peru far sooner than they had anticipated PHOTO/ Peter Stanners)
Despite graduating from a Danish university, speaking Danish and having a Danish husband, Flavia Oregon has been told to go ‘home’
UPDATE, 18:05: Politiken newspaper has now reported that the Immigration Service has ruled that Flavia Oregon can remain in Denmark while her family reunification application is being processed.
In an email to the newspaper, an Immigration Service spokesperson said: “Flavia Oregon does not need to travel home to file an application and can remain in Denmark during the process. We have contacted the family to inform them further.”
It has not yet been possible for The Copenhagen Post to get a reaction from Oregon.
ORIGINAL, 12:49: A Peruvian woman who has lived in Denmark for the past 10 years and that is married to a Danish man with whom she has an 18-month-old son, has been told to leave the country by January 12.
Flavia Oregon’s pending deportation has sparked uproar in the press and on social media. A photograph of the deportation date stamped in her passport has been shared almost 3,000 times since it was posted in Facebook on December 12, and a support ‘event’ on Facebook now has almost 8,000 attendees.
If 36-year-old Oregon does have to depart, Denmark would lose a highly qualified woman who has spent the last decade integrating into Danish society and who was about to start a new job.
“The rules are absurd, and it’s not just my case, there are lots of people who get caught in these situations,” Oregon told The Copenhagen Post in her Nørrebro flat. “There are many Danes who have got in touch with me and said their families were in the same situation and they had to leave Denmark.”
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