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Three Pickpockets Deported From Iceland
Three foreign nationals who stole large sums of money through pickpocketing in Reykjavík in December have been deported, reports RÚV. Police say they came to Iceland specifically to engage in criminal activity. The individuals, two men and one woman, arrived in Iceland…
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Field Manager Of Þróttur Football Club Deported
Isaac Kwateng, the field manager of Þróttur football club, was deported from Iceland on October 16th under police escort, reports RÚV. Isaac came to Iceland in 2017 and applied for international protection, but it was recently announced that he would be deported…
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RVK Newscast 222: Prosecutor Appeals Case Against Sigur Rós Lead Singer
Welcome back to RVK Newscast! After a busy print week at Grapevine, editor-in-chief Valur Grettisson is back with all of the latest Icelandic news. Read on for more info and links! The Icelandic nation was appalled by the National Commissioner’s procedure when…
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The Icelandic Roundup: Asylum Seekers, Politics And Iceland Airwaves
In this edition of the Icelandic Roundup, editor-in-chief Valur Grettison and news editor Andie Sophia Fontaine talk about the controversy surrounding the deportation of over a dozen people seeking international protection in Iceland, including a family with small children and a man…
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MP Speaks Mistruths About Asylum Seekers, Deportee Might Return To Iceland
Some more developments have arisen in the wake of a mass deportation of people seeking international protection in Iceland, which has prompted strong public condemnation. As reported, all of these people were rounded up by police under cover of night and have…
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PHOTOS: Icelanders Protest Against Deportations
Hundreds of Icelanders gathered in front of Parliament yesterday to protest against the deportation of over a dozen people seeking international protection, including a family of five and a man who must use a wheelchair, all from Iraq. As reported, all of…
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Asylum Seekers Rounded Up, Arrested En Masse, And Deported To Greece
A group of asylum seekers from Iraq and Palestine were arrested en masse, three of them placed in custody at Hólmsheiði prison, and then were taken by bus with a heavy police presence to Keflavík International Airport to be deported to Greece.…
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No Borders Continues To Apply Pressure On Iceland Airwaves
Previously, we reported on an organisation called No Borders that had been calling on musicians to boycott the Iceland Airwaves festival. The group aims to pressure Icelandair, which is the main sponsor of Iceland Airwaves, to deny the Icelandic government the ability…
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Icelandic State To Pay Damages To Woman Who Was Deported While Nine Months Pregnant
The Icelandic government has admitted liability in the deporting of an Albanian woman in 2019 who was nine months pregnant at the time, despite medical personnel advising against her being deported in her condition, Vísir reports. [su_pullquote]Summer Sale on T-Shirts in the…
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Asylum Seeker Bill Withdrawn (Again), No Mass Deportations Yet, Refugee Work Permit Bill Fails To Pass
Legislation and other government action regarding asylum seekers and refugees has, in recent days, been significant because of what has not happened. [su_pullquote]Summer Sale on T-Shirts in the Grapevine shop! We only have a chance to wear a T-shirt outdoors for about…
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Government Still Preparing To Deport About 200 People, Including Families & Wheelchair User
While the government has reduced its numbers of planned deportations from about 300 to 200, many of them are still intended to be sent to Greece, Iraq, and Nigeria, including families and at least one man who uses a wheelchair. [su_pullquote]If you…
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Deportations To Greece In Contravention Of Law, Red Cross Says
The Icelandic Red Cross has issued a detailed report (.pdf) citing numerous sources that concludes, as has been done many times before, that deporting people to Greece, and children in particular, will send them to a life lived on the street with…
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Government Divided Over Mass Deportations, Bishop Publicly Opposes Them
The planned mass deportation of nearly 300 people, many of whom have been living in Iceland for two years or longer, is not only being criticised by human rights groups, activists, the parliamentary opposition and numerous others–it has also drawn criticism from…
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Nothing Stopping Government From Granting People International Protection
Intense debate is still ongoing in Parliament following recent news that Iceland plans to deport some 300 people from the country. Minister of Justice Jón Gunnarsson has repeatedly stated that the government is only following the law but, as many have pointed…
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Numerous Objections Raised As Iceland Prepares To Deport Hundreds
The Icelandic government is preparing to deport some 300 people from the country who applied for international protection in Iceland over two years ago. A great many of these of these people will be sent to Greece on spurious grounds and with…
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Syrian Family, Including Pregnant Mother And Young Child, Face Deportation
A Syrian family, comprised of a father, pregnant mother and two-year-old child, have been informed by the Directorate of Immigration (ÚTL) that their case file for international protection in Iceland will not even be examined, and they will be deported to Greece,…
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Immigration Offers Money To Asylum Seekers To Leave Country; Offer Declined
The Directorate of Immigration (ÚTL) invited a group of asylum seekers to a meeting at their offices in Hafnarfjörður yesterday morning and offered to pay them money to return to their home countries, Vísir reports. Kurds who were present at the meeting…
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Two Palestinians Forcefully Arrested At Immigration Centre, Police Confiscate Evidence
At around noon today, two Palestinian men were arrested at the immigration centre at Bæjarhraun 18. Eyewitness reports told of police beatings, and the police confiscating the phone of one witness who was documenting the incident, later deleting the material. This was…
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Cleaning House: ÚTL, Evictions and Deportations to Greece
Last spring, the Directorate of Immigration (ÚTL) made an executive decision that would thrust the institution into the spotlight of criticism that extended from the general public and into the halls of Parliament: evicting asylum seekers from their housing, denying them even…
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Lawyer Calls For Justice Minister’s Resignation, Refugees Denied Return To Former Housing
Magnús D. Norðdahl, a lawyer representing a refugee who was unlawfully evicted from asylum seeker housing for refusing to assist in his own deportation, plans to sue the Directorate of Immigration (ÚTL) for damages incurred and believes Minister of Justice Áslaug Arna…
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Immigration Appeals Board Deems Refugee Evictions Unlawful
A lawyer for one of the 18 refugees who have recently been evicted from asylum seeker housing by the Directorate of Immigration (ÚTL) and denied services such as food and medical care has announced that the Immigration Appeals Board (KNÚ) has deemed…
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Four More Palestinian Refugees Evicted
The Grapevine has been informed that four more Palestinian refugees have been evicted by immigration authorities for refusing to assist in their own deportations to Greece. They are reportedly in their 20s, originally from Gaza, and have all suffered the well-documented abuses…
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Demonstrators Attempt Conversation With Justice Minister At Open House, Are Denied
A small group of demonstrators, who peacefully attended an open house of Minister of Justice Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, on the occasion of her running in the primaries for the Indepednence Party, were met with a decidedly cold reception and asked to leave…