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The Dega Family Is Back In Iceland
The Albanian family that were deported last spring are finally back in Iceland, and ready to pick up where they left off. Vísir reports that the family have newly returned, and want nothing more than to continue to live the life they…
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Iraqi Asylum Seeker Refusing To Return To Shelter
Likening the facility to a “prison”, Raisan tells The Grapevine he will sit in front of parliament until he is physically moved. Raisan, now on the 11th day of his hunger strike, is currently sitting in front of parliament, where he intends…
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Hunger Striking Asylum Seeker Moved To Higher Security Location
Now on the 10th day of his hunger strike, Iraqi asylum seeker Raisan Al-shihmani has been moved to a shelter with 24-hour security. At the conclusion of The Grapevine’s interview with Raisan last Tuesday, he was paid a visit by two Reykjavík…
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Documents Contradict Immigration’s Contentions
A recently deported Iraqi asylum seeker is only 16-years-old, new documentation shows, contradicting assertions from the Directorate of Immigration (UTL) that he is an adult. Ali Nasir, an asylum seeker from Iraq, was amongst those dragged from church by police and sent…
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Parliamentary Ombudsman To Examine Eze’s Case
The Parliamentary Ombudsman has asked for further documentation regarding the deportation of Nigerian asylum seeker Eze Okafor. MBL reports that what has drawn the Ombudsman’s attention in particular is the fact that Eze had filed a request to remain in Iceland while…
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Iraqi Asylum Seeker Now In 8th Day Of Hunger Strike
An Iraqi man who fled his country because he did not want to kill is now in the eighth day of his hunger strike, protesting his deportation and others. Raisan Al-shihmani, an asylum seeker who fled Iraq in September 2015 and has…
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Pregnant, With Two Kids, And Facing Deportation
A Nigerian asylum seeker, who is 12 weeks pregnant and has two small boys, is facing deportation to a country she left at the age of six. The Grapevine met with Regina Osarumaese, a Nigerian woman who left her home country when…
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Eze Still Struggling In Sweden, Still Faces Deportation
Nigerian asylum seeker Eze Okafor, who is on the run from Boko Haram, is still struggling to hold on in Sweden with very little support. Meanwhile in Iceland, the Directorate of Immigration (UTL) has asked Eze for more documentation. Friends of Eze…
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Iraqi Teenager Dragged From Church By Police, Faces Deportation
Video shows a 16-year-old Iraqi boy was amongst the asylum seekers dragged out of an Icelandic church’s sanctuary, and faces deportation back to his home country. Stundin reports that Toshiki Toma, the Lutheran church’s minister for immigrants, and Kristín Þórunn Tómasdóttir, the…
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MPs Call For Eze’s Return
Members of parliament across party affiliation have called for the return of Eze Okafor to Iceland. MBL reports that opposition MPs raised the subject of Eze Okafor in parliament today, imploring Minister of the Interior Ólöf Nordal to bring him back to…
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Protest And Sit-In At Interior Ministry – PHOTOS & VIDEO
About 60 people protested at the Ministry of the Interior today, calling upon authorities to bring Nigerian asylum seeker Eze Okafor back to Iceland. Minister of the Interior Ólöf Nordal would not meet with the protestors. At 12:30 today, about 60 Icelanders,…
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Petition To Bring Eze Back To Iceland Gathering Signatures
A petition imploring the Minister of the Interior to bring Nigerian asylum seeker Eze Okafor back to Iceland is steadily gathering signatures. At the time of this writing, the petition has just over 1,200 signatures. As Minister of the Interior Ólöf Nordal…
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“We Have An Inherently Flawed System” – Meet The Two Icelanders Who Tried To Stop A Deportation
The Grapevine caught up with Ragnheiður Freyja Kristínardóttir and Jórunn Edda Helgadóttir, the Icelanders who were arrested yesterday for trying to stop the deportation of Eze Okafor. As reported, the two attempted to elicit the support of other passengers on the plane…
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“This Is About Human Life” – Eze Tells His Story
The Grapevine was able to reach Eze Okafor, a Nigerian asylum seeker who had been living in Iceland for four years, fleeing persecution from Boko Haram. Despite an opinion from the Immigration Appeals Board last week that he cannot be deported on…
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UTL Ignores Appeals Board, Deports Asylum Seeker Anyway
Despite a ruling from the Immigration Appeals Board that a Nigerian man who sought asylum four years ago cannot be deported on the grounds of the Dublin Regulation, The Grapevine has learned that he was arrested this afternoon, taken into custody, and…
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Albanian Family Denied Case Review, Faces Deportation
The Immigration Appeals Board has refused to examine the case of an Albanian family seeking asylum, and their deportation is impending. An announcement from No Borders Iceland to the media reports that the Dega family, comprised of two parents and three children,…
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Deportation Delayed While Appeals Board Deliberates
The Immigration Appeals Board will examine residence permit applications from two Syrian asylum seekers who were to be deported last Tuesday. RÚV reports that while their applications for asylum have been rejected, they have applied for residency. As such, their deportation has…
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Deportation Delayed For The Time Being
The impending deportation of two Syrian asylum seekers has been delayed, although it is still uncertain if or when they will be sent to Bulgaria. “They will not be deported tonight or tomorrow,” lawyer Helga Vala Helgadóttir told MBL last night. “But…
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Another Deportation Decision Protested At Interior Ministry – VIDEO
About 30 protesters converged on the Ministry of the Interior today to protest another deportation decision made by the Directorate of Immigration. One of the organisers explained their demands for Grapevine. In light of a recent decision from the Directorate of Immigration…
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Albanian Family To Be Deported
An Albanian family has been denied the right to appeal their impending deportation in court, in possible violation of domestic and international law. Vísir reports that the family, which includes three children, came to Iceland last year, seeking asylum from political persecution…
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More Deportations Met With Criticism
Icelanders have voiced their opposition to the impending deportations of three asylum seekers who have made lives from themselves in Iceland. Stundin reports that Christian Kwaku Boadi, an asylum seeker from Ghana, is one of three asylum seekers in Iceland who, despite…
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Deported After 4 Years In Iceland, Faces Certain Persecution
A Nigerian asylum seeker who faces certain persecution in his home country for his sexual orientation is to be deported from Iceland. RÚV reports that a Nigerian man who sought asylum in Iceland four years ago, received notice yesterday that he is…
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Asylum Seekers: Some Accepted, Others Deported
Announcements today of residency and deportation for would-be asylum seekers shows a distinct inconsistency in immigration policy. Asylum seekers facing similar circumstances in their home countries could be either accepted or ordered to leave the country, with the Directorate of Immigration (UTL)…