It is uncertain whether the committee will take Oscars’ case for

Refer to Oscar Anders Bocanegra Florez out of the country on Tuesday. The General and Education Committee met on foreign affairs today.

A reporter discussed Oscars’ case with Víði Reynisson, MP for the Social Democratic Alliance and the chairman of the General and Education Committee, after the committee’s meeting today. Vidir could not comment on the matter and says the committee needs to go through a considerable number of applications for citizenship.

Vidir therefore considers it very unlikely that the committee will be able to go through all applications for citizenship before Tuesday, but then it stands to expel Oscari from the country. It is Therefore, there is a short time for policy if Parliament intends to grant him citizenship.

Víðir says an unusually large number of applications for citizenship on the committee’s table and is the reason why a bill on citizenship has not been passed on parliamentary and elections last November.

Ended on the street in Bogotá

Oscars’ case has been widely debated in recent months. He fled to Iceland with his father in 2022 after Colombia’s criminals threatened them. Oscars’ father is said to have abused him and relinquished his custody.

In October last year, Oscar was sent out of the country with his father after receiving a refusal for protection in Iceland. Oscar ended one on the street in Bogotá for over a month before his foster family returned to Iceland. Oscar has lived with his Icelandic foster parents ever since, but they have long fought for him to stay in Iceland.

It is uncertain whether Oscars’ case will be addressed by the committee

When asked, Víðir says that the issues of individuals are not discussed at a committee meeting and no children’s issues are being addressed in the committee now for processing. « The process is thus in terms of citizenship that Parliament gives that it is composed of a subcommittee that accepts the applications received. Its goal is that it submits before the end of parliament and these issues are often addressed in the last days before the end of parliament, » says Víðir in a conversation with a journalist after the meeting.

According to Víði, the General Affairs and Education Committee meets almost daily at this time to go through all applications before the end of parliament. Vidir says that they are huge and therefore the process takes considerable time. Vidir says it is unlikely that it will be possible to process applications on Tuesday.

Can be seen gaps in the system

Vidir says that gaps are found in all systems. « It is extremely important that the system and rules we use are clear. When it comes to the granting of parliament on citizenship, it is primarily designed for individuals who do not have the opportunity to go the traditional way in the system. (…) There are all kinds of reasons that can be behind it. »

« It is important that the public know that although one issue has received a lot of media coverage and if there is a lot in the debate, there can be more similar issues in the system that people have not had access to in the media. Some do not want to deal with their issues as publicly as some do. As a result, the committee needs to be equal in all matters.