"COA prohibits asylum seeker visiting Eritrean church '

Unaccompanied minors may not go to church services of the Eritrean Orthodox Church in Rotterdam.

That the Independent Online reports based on a message that the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) last week distributed to staff.

There were signs of possible abuse of young women in the community around the church. There is ,, a large number of pregnancies of Eritrean young women (17-22). '

Teklit Girmazion chairman of the board of the Rotterdam church says in a reaction to the Independent Online, to scare the signals about possible abuses. He would have had no contact with the COA, but open to a conversation. Girmazion recognize the image of a large number of pregnant young women do not.

Abuse, according to the spokesperson did not take place in the church. The church council was three months ago, after complaints about nuisance, decided that there overnight No visitors are allowed to stay in the rectory and church. There would be some young people in the congregation to stay home. Girmazion would have no idea of ​​what is happening there.

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