"On the day of the Dutch publication of the book, which also happened to be De Jong’s 85th birthday, they appeared on a TV chatshow. The discussion centered on two Armenian children who were due to be deported back 'home' in two days, despite having spent their whole lives with Dutch foster parents and speaking only Dutch. 'It was really shocking that the government was saying: ‘We are going to send these children back,' says Van Es. The following day a decision was made to allow the children to stay. 'I had at least the right to speak,' she says, modestly denying Van Es’s reports that people on Twitter were saying DeJong had done more than those in parliament to help. The book sold out in the Netherlands the next day."
~ Lisa Allardice
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