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Family, Including Woman Nine Months Pregnant, Deported Under Suspicious Circumstances
A family from Albania, including a woman who is nine months pregnant, was arrested early this morning for deportation. The family received no warning, their case was still pending appeal with immigration authorities, and medical personnel who examined the mother certified she…
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Small Business Owner Facing Deportation, In Part For Not Being European
The co-owner of a boutique featured in the Grapevine is now looking at being deported, in part for being from outside the European Economic Area. She has been given a matter of days to leave Iceland, and is reaching out to the…
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District Court Upholds Deporting Child Born In Iceland, Family Says They Will Appeal
Reykjavík District Court confirmed a ruling today that would deport a 20-month-old child born in Iceland, despite both international and Icelandic laws that expressly forbid this practice. The family of the child told Grapevine that they will appeal this decision. The case…
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State Attorney In Child Deportation Case Criticised For Xenophobic Testimony
A person present for the initial trial involving the possible deportation of a child was reportedly shocked to listen to the arguments from the State Attorney, María Thejll, saying facts were not presented so much as “a lot of gut feelings”. The…
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Icelandic Court To Decide Whether A Child Born In Iceland Can Be Deported
Reykjavík District Court began proceedings today on the case of a 19-month-old child set to be deported, despite being born in Iceland. The case is one that sparked considerable public criticism of the Directorate of Immigration (ÚTL). It begins with Nazife and…
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Asylum Applications Decrease, While Iraqi Deportations Increase
Applications for asylum have decreased by 40% between last year and this one, RÚV reports. However, deportations of Iraqi asylum seekers are increasing, in part because the Directorate of Immigration (UTL) believes that parts of Iraq are safe enough to live in…
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Iceland Set To Deport Another Child Born In The Country
A loophole in Icelandic law, that appears to violate international law, enables the Icelandic government to deport an Albanian family, which includes a 14-month-old child born in Iceland. Fréttablaðið reports on the case of Nazife and Erion, an Albanian couple who first…
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“I Thought The Icelandic Government Wouldn’t Break Its Own Laws”
A Hazara youth, Abbas Ali, whose asylum case has sat in the system in Iceland for one year and three weeks, has been informed that he will be deported on the basis of the Dublin Regulation, despite the fact that by law,…
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Benefit Concert This Friday For Deported Father
A Nigerian man who was deported on legally dubious grounds is being made to pay for his deportation, and a benefit concert will be held to help cover the costs. The man in question, Eugene Imoto, was arrested and deported last June,…
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“Mistake” In The Law Leads To Deportation From Iceland
Incomplete wording in Iceland’s immigration law means that a young Vietnamese woman learning to be a chef may be deported within days. RÚV reports on the strange case of Choung Lei Bui, a young woman from Vietnam who has been living in…
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Child Protection Changes To Law On Foreigners Approved
Late last night, the majority of Iceland’s parliament approved changes to the Law on Foreigners, which affords protections for asylum seeker children, albeit only those children whose asylum applications were submitted before the passage of this law. The text of the law…
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Hazara Youth On Hunger Strike Now Hospitalised
Ramazan Fayazi, an asylum seeker originally from Afghanistan, began his hunger strike late last month. People close to Ramazan have told Grapevine he was admitted to the hospital two days ago with dangerously low blood sugar levels, and is in great pain.…
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Hazara Youth On Hunger Strike, Faces Deportation To War Zone
Ramazan Fayazi, 18 years old, has been living in Iceland since last January. He came here seeking asylum from his native Afghanistan, where he faced concerted persecution on account of being Hazara, an ethnic minority in the country who are considered one…
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15,000 Icelanders Sign Petition To Save Families From Deportation
Two families from different corners of the globe face impending deportation, but thousands of Icelanders have signed a statement pleading with authorities to re-consider their decision. In a statement to the press, the asylum seeker rights group Solaris outlined the facts of…
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Kurdish Family To Be Detained And Deported – VIDEO
A family from Kurdistan Iraq who came to Iceland about a year ago are set to be detained on Monday, and deported to Norway the following day. From there, they will in all likelihood be sent back to Iraq, where they say…
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Responsibility Shifts Between Officials In Deportation Case
Numerous questions have been raised regarding the case of Eugene Imotu, a father of three and asylum seeker who was arrested without warning last Tuesday and subsequently deported. The arrest not only has no legal basis, as his lawyer has said; there…
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Father Suddenly Arrested, To Be Deported Tomorrow
Eugene Imotu, a father of three (including two children born in Iceland) and asylum seeker from Nigeria, was moments ago arrested and taken into custody. Grapevine has learned he will be deported tomorrow to Nigeria. His lawyer says there is “no legal…
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Petition Going To Protest Deportation
A petition is going protesting the impending deportation of asylum seeker Sid Ahmed Haddouche and his family. Sid is a former police officer from Remchi, an Algerian bordertown close to Morocco. In 2013, Sid and his colleague arrested a member of AIS…
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Hunger-Striking Afghan Arrested, Will Be Deported Tomorrow
Abdolhamid Rahmani, an Afghan asylum seeker who went on hunger strike nearly three weeks ago, has been arrested. He is slated to be deported tomorrow. A source close to the Grapevine told us the arrest occurred about an hour ago. Three officers…
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Afghan Asylum Seeker, Facing Deportation, On Hunger Strike
Abdolhamid Rahmani, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, is facing an impending deportation to Greece, despite having been extorted into accepting asylum in that country after a lengthy imprisonment. The Grapevine spoke with Abdolhamid, with the help of an interpreter, this afternoon. Abdolhamid’s…
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Eze Okafor’s Fate Decided Next Month
An asylum seeker from Nigeria, who sought asylum in Iceland but was subsequently deported to Sweden, has learned that the Directorate of Immigration (UTL) will make a formal decision on his case in January, MBL reports. As reported, Eze came to Iceland…
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Immigration Directorate Ignored Warnings About Asylum Seeker
The Directorate of Immigration (UTL) reportedly ignored repeated warnings that an asylum seeker under their auspices was depressed and desperate about his situation, culminating in him setting himself on fire last Wednesday. Sources close to Kvennablaðið report that UTL had been notified…
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Afghan Family Who Fled Taliban To Be Deported
A family of seven, who fled persecution from the Taliban for a better life in Iceland, will be deported to Germany any day now, where there is a strong likelihood that they will be deported back to Afghanistan. A petition is now…