Last minute deportation reprieve for Ecuadorian mother and daughter

Ana Cajamarca and her 11-year-old daughter Angelica were expected to be deported from Belgium to Ecuador today after being detained for over a month due to their illegal immigrant status. Yet a Belgian judge threw out the case citing a medical report stating that Ana was abused by immigration authorities during her detainment.

For the time being the Cajamarcas are free though Ana vowed to take advantage of the reprieve to normalize her and Angelica’s immigration status.

Protests in Belgium and Ecuador took place on behalf of the Cajamarcas including a visit to the detention facility by Ecuadorian First Lady Anne Malherbe who is of Belgian decent.

Image- El Comercio (Angelica Cajamarca is embraced by her father shortly after getting a reprieve from her deportation)

Sources (English)- Expatica Belgium, BBC News, International Herald Tribune

Sources (Spanish)- El Comercio, La Hora