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  • The Hot Button: Deportations

    The Hot Button: Deportations

    Our current Hot Button issue is deportations. This contentious subject has been particularly visible lately, especially as it relates to the case of Nigerian asylum seeker Eze Okafor. After four years in Iceland, the Immigration Appeals Board gave Eze their official opinion…

  • A Matter Of Life And Death: The Sad, Strange Case Of Eze Okafor

    A Matter Of Life And Death: The Sad, Strange Case Of Eze Okafor

    As I write this, Nigerian asylum seeker Eze Okafor is on the streets of Sweden. He owns little more than the clothes on his back, has nowhere to sleep, and barring some kind of authoritative intervention, will soon be sent back to…

  • Eze Deported This Morning – VIDEOS

    Eze Deported This Morning – VIDEOS

    Two Icelanders were arrested while attempting to block the deportation of a Nigerian asylum seeker, whose case has raised questions about the purpose of the Immigration Appeals Board. Early this morning, police transported Nigerian asylum seeker Eze Okafor to Keflavík International Airport,…

  • Protest At Interior Ministry

    Protest At Interior Ministry

    About 60 people gathered at the Ministry of the Interior to protest the impending deportation of three asylum seekers. Minister of the Interior Ólöf Nordal was not present, but ministry staff accepted written statements from involved parties. As reported, Christian Kwaku Boadi…