Babito, A Kenyan mother who has been taking care of her two year-old baby, has been deported from Sweden, an act that has shocked members of the Kenya-Stockholm community who knew her. For a long time, Babito has been trying to acquire legal status in Sweden because of “family relationship” but unfortunately, the Swedish Immigration authorities have refused to accept her arguements.
Although her baby was born in Sweden, has a blond haired white Swedish father and a Swedish passport to boot, Babito was deported to Kenya following her arrest. KSB has been unable to establish whether she was deported alone or with her little baby. After her application for a Permanent Residence Permit was rejected, she filed an appeal which was also rejected last year, forcing her to go underground.
Immediately after she gave birth, the Kenyan woman was dumped by her Swedish partner who later told KSB on telephone that the separation was normal and that it had nothing to do with refusing to help Babito acquire a Residence Permit. At that time, concerns were raised by members of the Kenyan community when information spread that following the birth of her child, Babito had been abandoned by her partner without any means of livelihood.
According to the Swedish father, he had not abandoned his baby. The guy told KSB that he had done everything possible to help under the circumstances. Amid charges by some Kenyans that the man was evading responsibility, the man surfaced to say that he was in regular contact with Babito and that the two were working to resolve the crisis. That was two years ago.
The deportation of Babito is strange because according to the Swedish law, every child has a right of access to both parents regardless of marital circumstances. Assuming that Babito was deported together with her baby, the law is being violated because once in Kenya, the baby will cease to have contact with the father. If, on the other hand, the baby remained behind in Sweden, access to the mother will cease and this is contrary to Swedish law.
After Babito split with her Swedish man, she had no legal basis to stay in Sweden but once she gave birth, her new situation entitled her to stay on grounds of family reasons. Although the man dumped her after she gave birth, the separation is irrelevant from a legal point of view because the interest of the child which had come into being had taken precedence.
Mr. Robert Bekman, a refugee lawyer, told KSB that it is possible that the deportation is temporary and that Babito is likely to return to Sweden after six months or thereabout. According to the lawyer, a person in her situation can still be deported to fulfill the legal requirement that an application for a Swedish Residence Permit can only be made in one’s country of origin.
What this means is that Babito could still present a fresh application through the Swedish Embassy in Nairobi and await for a new decision.
The Lawyer told KSB that the requirement that an application be presented in one’s home country could, at times, lead to the element of the baby being overlooked depending on circumstances and especially if the father of the child is not supportive.
“These kinds of cases normally end up with the mother being allowed to stay because the child remains a Swedish citizen and it is only natural that the child has access to the mother”, Bekman told KSB. Babito’s former Swedish partner could not be reached for comment.
Okoth Osewe
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Märkligt. Generelt är det så som beskrivs av migrationsverket och advokaten i detta exempel. Men…
Då denna kvinna har ett barn som är fött i Sverige och därmed automatiskt är svensk medborgare, är det inte möjligt att skilja barnet från modern utan vidare. Bara skicka iväg modern går inte om det är för litet för det. Om barnet är större och det finns någon i Sverige så går det. Nu var ju barnet 2 år och då borde det gå med det sistnämda men å andra sidan så hade ju kvinnan ingen som hjälpte henne och hade inget ihop med mannen i fråga längre. Så detta med att mannen och kvinnan avslutatde sin relation kanske var en fint för att gå runt problemet. Om modern är ensam så blir det ju som sagt mycket svårt att skilja barn från modern och skall inte göras och torde strida mot en del lagar kanske? Detta då kvinnan är kenyansk medborgare och skall då ansöka från kenya, men barnet är svenskt automatiskt då det fötts i Sverige och då blir det knepigt då man inte skall separera dem. Så då borde det gått att ansöka om permanent uppehållstillstånd direkt i Sverige tycker man. Om jag vore kvinnan så skulle jag anmäla saken till europadomstol.
If you are already in Sweden
On this page you can find information about the possibilities to be granted a residence permit based on your ties to a close family member without having to leave Sweden. Please read under the appropriate heading in the menu on the left in order to see if you fulfil the requirements to be granted a residence permit based on family ties.
If you want to live with a close family member in Sweden, the main rule is that you must submit your application at a Swedish mission abroad (embassy or consulate) in your home country. You must not move to Sweden until you have received a residence permit.
If you are already in Sweden you may in exceptional cases be granted a residence permit due to your ties to a close family member, without having to leave Sweden. In that case you can send your application by post or submit it in person at one of the Migration Board’s permit units. You and your family member will then be called to an interview.
If you already have a residence permit
If you are already in Sweden with a valid residence permit you may be granted a new residence permit without leaving the country. This may apply if you have e.g.
•a work permit
•a permit for a self-employed person
•a permit for studies or
•a residence permit due to ties to a close family member in Sweden.
The last example applies both if you are a co-applicant to an employee, a self employed person or a student, and if you are the family member of a Swedish citizen or a permanent resident of Sweden.
It does not, however, apply if you are visiting Sweden on a visa or a temporary visitor’s permit. In such a case you may be granted an extension in the form of a temporary visitor’s permit, but not a residence permit for settlement.
Your permit must be valid when you submit your new application.
If you have or are expecting children in Sweden
If you are in Sweden without a valid residence permit you may in certain cases be granted a residence permit due to ties to a close family member, without having to leave Sweden. This applies if you have a child who has a residence permit or who is a Swedish citizen, and if you are expecting a child with a person who is a Swedish citizen or who has a permanent residence permit.
In these cases the requirements are:
•that you fulfill the conditions for being granted a residence permit due to ties to a close family member in Sweden
•that it is clear that you would have received a residence permit if you had submitted your application before coming to Sweden and
•it is not reasonable to demand that you return to your home country to apply.
The child’s best interest
The consequences for your child to be separated from his or her parent determins whether or not you can be granted a residence permit without having to leave Sweden.
Your application for a residence permit with in Sweden may be turned down if:
•you do not fulfill the requirements for a residence permit due to ties to a close relative
•it is likely that the embassy will be able to process your application within a reasonable period of time
•it is believed that your child will not be harmed by your temporary separation.
Your application may also be turned down if you have a criminal record or have been an illegal resident for a significant period of time, or if you have provided incorrect information.
Migrationsverket: http://www.migrationsverket.se/info/4222_en.html
Sven, the European Court will not help this woman because the Swedish Migration Board has clear rules about one who gets a child while living illegally in Sweden.
KSB documented another similar case affecting a Kenya-Stockholm woman in 2008. Also, the father of Babito’s child had stated that he had full love for the child, but wanted nothing to do with her. Without the support of her former boyfriend, she cannot be in Sweden. As for the child, he can come back after 18 years to meet the father. It could also be that Babito is just leaving Sweden temporarily to apply for a residence permit.
SVEN kan inte ens Svensk lag…ett barn med en Kenyansk mamma och Svensk pappa blir “ALDRIG” automatisk Svensk medborgare…”bara om barnet är född inom äktenskapet” i det här fallet blev inte barnet med automatik medborgare,det blev senare när DNA visar att han är 99.99% pappa,eller om han själv välja att erkänner barnet utan DNA.. först när allt fäderskapet är klar och antecknat,av båda mamma och pappa i kommunen,då blir barnet medborgare av Sverige!!
Däremot om Kenyanska och Svensk var lagligt gifta då blir barnet “Svensk” så fort den komma ut på sjukhuset!! så mycket är det skillnad,så jag tycker det är viktigt att folk får “rätta” information för att underätter för dm själva här Sverige annars kan man bara tro att “det är bara att blir m barn så stannar man” det är fel och därför så många hamnar i en såna här horribel situation och när man tänkar på barnet så är det “mycket synd verkligen”
Barnet dras i en situation där starkars barnet ha inte vald och det faktist bara barnet som får betala eftersom han/hon flyttas med alla beslut…Bästa vore att faktist sätta barnet i första rummet och ge mamma PUT oavsett om pappa är i bilden eller inte! Å andra sidan vill inte migrationverket ger såna signal till folk att det räcker att komma hit skaffa sig en “ligg” med Svensk medborgare och stannar direkt,..då skulle alla göra så,det är därför måste alla åkta tillbaka och ansöka i sitt hemland,precis som alla andra(en princip)
Varje gång man hör såna här säker så blir man rörd,för 2 årigen är det fel att vara i Kenya eftersom han/hon är född här och därför borde han/hon vara i landet m sin mamma..jag tror inte att det är lagligt(Sverige) att utvisa en Svensk medborgare?? det är en fråga som borde tas upp mer???.
Vi håller tummarna för Babito och sitt barn att hon kan återvänder hit med sitt barn och leva som alla andra…
//SARA
Rättelse.
Jag antar givetvis att kvinnan skickades iväg med sitt barn.
Nu var ju barnet 2 år och då kanske det är en annan femma. Hade barnet varit mindre så kanske man kunda ha angett att barnet är för litet för att resa till ett annat land (annan bakterieflora osv)?
Kanske även om paret hade gift sig innan barnet föddes och kvinann hade lyckat få ett komplett personnummer (kan gå i bland)så kan hända att hon kunde ha fått stanna och ansöka här (inte på grund av att man gifter sig men på grund av personnummer)? Man förstår ju att migrationsverket har sina bestämmelser och att ett land måste ha vissa rutiner, men ibland känns det som om det inte finns någon smidighet.
Sven, this story is so mixed up you will never understand its head or tail. It has more problems to do with the mother’s relationship with her former boyfriend than what the Swedish law states in this case.
Babito’s intention was to exploit the former Swedish boyfriend by getting a child with him to live in Sweden. This is a nasty way of thinking because the sufferer is the child. When her former BF realized her moves, he simply cut her by not legally recognizing her as his partner. This was when the rain began beating Babito.Even though the father of the baby is Swedish, Babito has no right to be in Sweden because she had overstayed her visa period. If she was in good terms with the father of the child, then out of concern and humanity, he could have supported her to remain in Sweden.The problem is Babito is such a sly woman who is a parasite and lives by getting everything free of charge and thinks it’s her right.She left her Kenyan man in Kenya with her other baby and thought she could manipulate the Swede by applying Osewe’s Survival Manual tactics to remain here. This time she met her match and the Swedish man has dealt her a heavy blow.
Babito’s case is not different from that of a Kenyan woman documented at KSB in 2008 who was eventually divorced by the young Kenyan man she had manipulated to accept her child after she got impregnated by a Nigerian man. It is the same crude attitude of MTA DO? that was used to systematically confuse the young man regardless of his immediate family’s protests. He even went into the delivery room yet knew that was not his biological child. Some women come to Stockholm thinking they are smart-asses and can swing men anyhow. The Kenyan lady with the 2008 case is still hanging around even though she has nothing to do….a complete waste of her young age, in the name of living abroad. She is often seen at Kenyan parties keeping up appearances with an old pram that her now overgrown child still uses.
Good luck to Babito and hope she comes up with another type of scheming to survive. Getting a baby for papers doesn’t seem to be working.
All the best Babito.Hope things get better.But why didn’t you compromise with the father of your child to avoid this situation?
Jorge Jag menade inte att europeisk domstol per automatik kan hjälpa en enskild.
Jag menade i förlängningen att det kan kanske ske en förändrig på vissa saker om flera tar upp saker som dessa? Men det stod mellan raderrna i det jag skrev.
SARA Jo då jag kan svensk lag något så när. Vänd på saken. Vad blir detta barn när det nu är fött i Sverige??? Återigen Läs mellan raderna. Barnet blir “SVENSkT” om det är fött i Sverige. Ett barn i ett giltigt äktenskap får faders nationalitet. Det får även sin nationalitet genom att det är fött i ett land och sedemera kommer att bo där. Så menade jag med “automatiskt”.
Babito is only reaping where she sowed. no point cheating one’s way around to live in europe.
Please lets ask ourselves..what happens to this “poor paper kids”??? they are NEVER born from LOVE? i wonder what problems do they get in life.. if someone gives birth to a whole human being because their intension is only stay in a country,the i wonder what a high price child pays,because this child is being born to fulfill a permission to stay in Sweden. Are this paper children being looked after with total love and care?? do they REALLY get “unconditional love from this ignorat mothers” or they are just being used to deliver both papers&bidrag?? so sad.
The lives of this POOR individuals(children) should be reserched to see what happen with their lives later in life,..i can quess that this kids are “problems kids even later in life” because a human being who is not born from “unconditional love” feels it.. someone who is not loved feels it whether we agree or not!
prices to pay is just too high…often this paper child is normally the one even who makes it possible to bring other abandoned ones from Kenya after the papers are delivered.Imagine yourself knowing that”you came to the world to give your mother permission to stay in a country and also to bring your others sibbling to that country??? i would prefer to be born because my mother wanted a child so badly and that her love wwas unconditional without her wanting anything back,..
Why cant women and men marry for papers and”avoid pregnancies”? onces you are regally married,you are entittled to stay in Sweden and that becomes your human rights without bringning an unwanted humain being in the world who will be the one “paying för everything”? when ONLY one part decides to keép a pregnancy without the other one,thats so”kränkande” fot the other part that i can actually understand why this children becomes fatherless emotionally.
A father is not “genes” its emotional,a present father is one who is the father of a child,not the one in the DNA, the DNA dad becomes automatically “sperm donator”….
I think this Swedish gorvernment must do sométhing soon about this situation…so that innocent children dont have to pay this high price. Just think of those children moving around with their mothers suffering,..they didnt ask for it?”barnen dras bara med”
Its my opinion. What do you think??
Mimmi
OK
Det jag skrev var spekulativt med antagandet att migrationsverket gjor ett fel. Därmed inte sagt att de gjort det. Kanske de har gjort rätt? Man vet ju bara det som står i texten va?
Jorge: Vad jag menade om man läser mellan raderna var inte att en enskild person kanske kan ändra en sak i europadomstol som ev migrationsverket gjort. Jag menade att om flera gör sina anmälningar i det att fel görs och kommer att göras, så kanske det betyder att rutiner osv ändras, ..eller?
SARA eller vad du nu heter. Du för också försöka lära dig att läsa mellan rader. Jo då jag kan svensk lag något så när. Om ett legitimt giftermål har skett så får barnet sitt medborgarskap genom som i detta fall den Svenska fadern. Men en annan variant är: Barnet blir svenskt då det föds i Sverige och efter det får det sitt medborgarskap då det lever i landet och behöver inte som en invandrad ansöka ommedlemskap va? Det var det jag menade med per automatik. För om barnet är fött i Sverige. Vad är det då? Inte har det väl Kenyanskt medborgarskap genom modern va om man vänder på saken??
LOl!!! this woman is now being paid for her evil deeds.She has been deserted by all her female friends because she is mean, selfish and petty. she will never part with a coin even if she has a million crowns – that is how mean she is.she always wants others to pay for her mistakes, sins and problems.it was so easy to deal with the father of her child but she was never honest from the start. with her application for a residence permit rejected plus her appeal, she needs a better case to help her to live in Sweden. anyway hope she gets what she wants.
Stackars Sven! Why don’t you marry the woman to keep her in Sweden? As mentioned by Sara and a few others, this particular case is complicated and the Migration Board is just following stated rules. Foreigners come to Sweden using different types of permits or visas. Babito came on a tourist visa which does not include overstaying and remaining an illegal alien. When she decided to get pregnant, it was solely for her to change her expired tourist status, by using the child whose father is a Swede, to live in Sweden. Now this was possible if the man loved her and was ready to tell the Migration Board (MB) that he will support her to live here. This was not the case with Babito who was rejected a long time ago by the former boyfriend. This automatically left her an illegal migrant and that is why despite appealing her case, she was rejected. The alternative would normally be for a man to support the woman and she can be requested by the MB to return to her country of origin, then come back with a new status, beginning with the first offer for a residence permit.
Sara was right that a child born by a foreign woman does not automatically give the mother permanent residency. The father is a Swedish citizen by birth, but the mother is an illegal alien. The child is automatically a Swede, but given that he is too young to remain with the father, he has the right to come back after he is 18 years, to look for his father. These are some of the consequences such women who get babies for papers do not think about. It is bitter, but if Babito messed up her former boyfriend, then he can challenge and get full custody of the child, but without her.
Comment #2 by Partaj from the MB states very clearly how you can apply for a residence permit if you are already in Sweden and have close family ties. Although Babito has close ties with her son, the former boyfriend does not want her. This already tells you Sven, that she has nothing to use for bargaining in her case. According to the Migration Board:
“If you are already in Sweden you may in exceptional cases be granted a residence permit due to your ties to a close family member, without having to leave Sweden. In that case you can send your application by post or submit it in person at one of the Migration Board’s permit units. You and your family member will then be called to an interview.”
Read what applies in the child’s best interest:
The child’s best interest
“The consequences for your child to be separated from his or her parent determins whether or not you can be granted a residence permit without having to leave Sweden.
Your application for a residence permit with in Sweden may be turned down if:
•you do not fulfill the requirements for a residence permit due to ties to a close relative
•it is likely that the embassy will be able to process your application within a reasonable period of time
•it is believed that your child will not be harmed by your temporary separation.
Your application may also be turned down if you have a criminal record or have been an illegal resident for a significant period of time, or if you have provided incorrect information.”
In Swedish:
Barnets bästa
“Det är konsekvenserna för ditt barn av att skiljas från sin förälder som är avgörande för om du kan få ett uppehållstillstånd utan att behöva lämna Sverige.
Din ansökan om uppehållstånd inifrån Sverige kan avslås om:
•du inte uppfyller kraven för uppehållstillstånd på grund av anknytning till en familjemedlem
•det är troligt att ambassaden kan pröva din ansökan inom rimlig tid
•ditt barn inte bedöms fara illa av er tillfälliga separation.
Din ansökan kan även avslås om du har ett kriminellt förflutet eller en betydande illegal vistelse, samt om du har lämnat oriktiga uppgifter.”
http://www.migrationsverket.se/info/4222.html
rtpk1088 , polka, mimmi and buttercups, l couldn’t agree with u more. The guy didn’t want to have a kid bt the lady thought that its all good if l get pg. I feel 4 the innocent child bt not the mother.This women are crazy..don’t they remember juliet? wacheni hii tabia mbaya ya ku cheat wazungu hapa na watoto then its the kids who are suffering.
Sven, an illegal and paperless person has no voice in Sweden especially if they have bad intentions.Babito’s intention was to get pregnant, have the child, then bring her other Kenyan child, plus her Kenyan man whom she left in Kenyan with the child. As long as you don’t know the real story, you will keep explaining the Swedish law and the European court, but will reach nowhere.
Alternatively Sven, go to the Migration Board and help this woman.Go on a hunger strike by sleeping at the Central station with big placards bearing Babito’s photos and her son. You can then attract the Swedish media about her case. Maybe you can help her but later never complain if she does not thank you because that is the real Babito.
He who has never sinned should cast the first stone,You cannot judge a book by its cover,none of us really know what happened between the couple or what this woman is and has gone through in her life,Cut her some sluk and put uaselves in her shoes…And no matter where a child comes from or under which circumstances,she will always be loved.If not by anyone else,by her mother…
And btw,this story is very much misinformed,the lady in question is well and kicking,living her life and taking care of her beautiful son,RIGHT HERE IN SWEDEN.So think twice b4 u write ua ‘holier than thou’ comment…It could be ua sister,aunty or close relative or friend struggling to survive in this hush world…PEACE
Why is everybody mad with Babito ?Whats wrong by going back home ?Home is the best place for those who are living in Kwawenyewe!
European politic s of today doesnt like (Neggars) to come here and exploit wa-swedes Welfare by not contributing to it!
In kenya there is no such a word calöled welfare. but still a woman expelled from any of the European country for trying to exploit the system should pack-up slowly go back to Kenya sell the kid or adapt and Join politics to fight for Women-Rights such as FIDA!
Hello,
Historically there are precendents.Its not unusual to manipulate any system.What is most necessary is the instinct to be able to figure out your place in the whole situation.So lets not do the obvious by recommending remedies to an already existing path to a solution.Whatever was the said Babitos case ,it should become a forum to disparage her or any of other Kenyans ,who are facing the same set of complications.Its very psychologically damaging to those whose known problems are being bandied around by those who are not ready to reveal their identities so as to have meaningful and productive conversation about problems facing the communities where in we live.Let face problems with mature and sound ideas so as to solve not to decieve ourselves tha we are any better for making accusations.Its the greatest shortcoming of any a people to be not able to deconstruct their own civility.Some going ons in the communities in which we live in should be handled with utmost sincerity,otherwise we end up being fodder for the system.That all for the momment.
Ean Wuod Luo
A mulato kid in the slums–maisha magumu > ndio apewe githeri from this soft life ya Sverige. Kweli tamaa ya kuishi ng’ambo inawafanya wengine kutenda madhambi.
Till jorge och makunji kan jag bara säga: “SUCK!”
Dumma komentarer kan bara få dumma motkomentarer och det tänker jag inte lägga ned tid på.
Jag har INTE sagt att jag tycker synd om någon i detta fall.
Sen såg jag att det bel dubbelpostat vad jag skrev tidigare. trodde att det inte hade gått fram och skrev då ett nytt inlägg (sorry).
Jag tänker inte skriva mer här i blogen (var ett klart misstag) då det tycks finnas en del som bara är ute efter bråk, vilket bara är låg stil.
Sven, you are a very well educated man who should have logic in your approach to things you do not understand. It’s a pity that as an accomplished academic, you have not understood that there are people who know Babito’s story and have also attached the position of the Swedish Migration Board. Don’t think KSB commentators are as stupid as you try to place then. You, who is well educated, should read the comments on the child’s best interest according the the Migration Board, and understand that Babito has been living illegally in Sweden, but without the support and love of her former boyfriend, she cannot live in Sweden.
Sven, at KSB you come hardened and with facts, and not emotions, otherwise all your qualifications will be thrown into the garbage can. To you I also say, “Fy fan” and “SUCK”.
Go and write in DN, Aftonbladet and SVD if you are that smart!
oh, oh, eh Sven… Goodbye from KSB. You did not know what you were writing about.
makunji jag har aldrig sagt att någon är dum.
Jag pratade om komentarerna enbart. Här finns många bra och kloka.
Sven, not every word or sentence should be interpreted literally. You are an academic who should be above pettiness. You ignited fire by not understanding Babito’s story or what people wrote, so let the missiles fire. Read and understand things before commenting. Why comment at KSB yet you wrote you won’t write here again. You don’t seem principled.
It was a matter of time before Babito’s manipulative character turned against her. There is a lot of good about her, but unfortunately this is clouded by a great will to exploit others for personal benefit. Her misfortunes in the past decade are a consequence of her dark side. She shouldn’t have forced her pregnancy for the sake of papers to live in Sweden. That Swedish dude was not just another use and dump kinda guy. He knew all her moves and waited till it was right to strike back the hard way. Good luck to her.
wacheni zenu Babito is a sweet and loving person who cares for her child and friends.I know Babito from our days in Nairobi ghettos and i can’t remember that she was as evil as some write about her at KSB.she’s got many Kenyan lady friends in Stockholm who say she is very kind and nice to them.
KSB: Teddybear, I think that Babito is largely misunderstood. I talked to her and she sounded fairly reasonable, intelligent and upright. She may have her personal problems but it has to be appreciated that very few people are problem free. She is in a difficult situation and what she needs is help. I fixed a new lawyer for her and I think she will soon be fine with her baby.
A kenyan woman is stuck with twins in the north of Sweden afta doing what Babito did. The Swedish father of her kids has made it clear that he has nothing to do with her.Do such women learn at all? No, they just use sex to manipulate men for the sake of living in Sweden. However,many Swedish men are now awake and aware of their schemes.
you should not blame the women alone because this women dont rape the men.
thats means, that the men are also aware of the outcome of having sex with them. so the authorities should do something to protect this innocent ones from paying the prices…………………….
O.M.G,im sorry for babito and everything will fine with her”a man is the one who has story to tell “ialso that these people who have heart like serena and others i like ur comment.
This mimmi who call someone kid”paper kid”im not even sure if u can get one.u sound jelous…they kids too.im sure that if u were in her sho ucould have done it.
The protection of women is being ignored too which also the major reason of unwanted births,