The Dutch government has reached a deal to allow some asylum-seekers more time in the Netherlands following a church community’s effort to protect an Armenian family from deportation.

Dutch news outlet NOS reported that the government will allow immigration authorities to assess asylum applications from a group of families already in the Netherlands, including about 700 children who were raised in the country, according to CNN.

The news comes after Bethel church and community center in The Hague held continuous worship services for 96 days to prevent the Tamrazyan family from being deported.

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A Dutch law prevents authorities from entering a place of worship while religious services are occurring.

The church, in an announcement officially marking the end of their filibuster-style service, said it is hopeful the family will have “a safe future in the Netherlands.”

The Tamrazyans originally fled Armenia after receiving death threats over their father’s political activism, and have lived in the Netherlands for nine years. The Dutch government denied their asylum application last year.

Bethel pastor Axel Wicke said in November that more than 450 different clergy of varying denominations traveled to The Hague to host the service, and told CNN last month that more than 1,000 people participated in the service during the three-month period.