Maritvansplunter

Hi everyone, I'm Marit, 24 year young citizen of the world. I love to participate and contribute to this unique website. I find it a great place to voice out about current topics and listen to what others have to say about them. I would like to see many more people on here.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am engaged to my Senegalese boyfriend whom I met here in the Netherlands shortly after he came here. We connected and fell deeply in love. Since then we have been through a lot. I can personally relate to the troubles and hardships that come along with not having a residence permit. Because I am still young and not finished with my studies I don’t earn a lot of money with my current job. It is for that reason the Dutch government will not give me any chance to arrange a permanent stay for my fiancé. The demands are ridiculously high, so that many will not be able to meet them. I feel that this current immigration policy has also placed mé outside of my country. While I live here, I cannot peruse my dream of building a life and future family with my loved one. The pain and stress that come with this situation is very difficult to handle. I don’t want to give him up. This is not the kind of life I expected to lead having finally found the love of my life. Not free to love! But we will not give up and continue to fight to find a way.