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Au Pair Nearly Deported For Leaving Family Who Overworked Her
The Immigration Appeals Board has overturned a ruling from the Directorate of Immigration (ÚTL) that sought to deny a residence permit for a Filipina woman who originally came to Iceland as an au pair but ended up leaving the family due to…
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Changes To Law On Foreigners In The Works, Stricter Measures For Asylum Seekers Proposed
A draft of a bill from the Ministry of Justice proposing a number of changes to the Law On Foreigners expands police powers, evokes compulsory medical procedures, and gives veto rights to the chair and vice chair of the Immigration Appeals Board,…
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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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Justice Minister Promises To Rectify Funding For Immigration Appeals Board
The Minister of Justice told reporters that the government is currently working on a solution to ensure that the Immigration Appeals Board (KNU) will not be left stranded and sorely lacking in funds. As reported, despite a plea for a budget increase…
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Immigration Appeals Board To Be Reduced Due To Budget Constraints
Despite a plea for a budget increase due to an ever-increasing number of asylum applications, Parliament only allocated about half the funds the Immigration Appeals Board (KNU) had asked for. As such, they have been compelled to reduce their numbers from 19…
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Afghan Mother & Daughter Get Second Chance For Asylum
The Immigration Appeals Board has ordered the Directorate of Immigration (UTL) to review the case of Torpikey Farrash and Maryam Raísi, a mother and daughter who fled persecution in Afghanistan some four years ago, and were originally denied asylum in Iceland on…
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Whole Family Now Facing Imminent Deportation
Regina Osarumaese and her two children, one of whom was born in Iceland, were informed just moments ago that their appeal to the Immigration Appeals Board to have asylum in Iceland was rejected. Regina is pregnant with a third child and will…
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Why Does This Keep Happening? A Closer Look At The Directorate Of Immigration
The Grapevine has reported on many asylum seeker deportation stories over the years. We’ve reported on how their treatment at the hands of the Directorate of Immigration (UTL) has often been in violation of international and domestic law, and how the Directorate…
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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…
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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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Syrian Family Receives Short Stay Of Deportation
A Syrian family seeking asylum and facing imminent deportation have been granted a temporary stay while their case is assessed. RÚV reports that the family will be allowed to stay in Iceland for another two to three months while the Immigration Appeals…
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Immigration Appeals Board Falling Short, Gets More Funding
The Immigration Appeals Board has not shortened the waiting period for asylum seekers, and has been granted increased funding to rectify this. Sources close to Stundin report that there is a great deal of dissatisfaction with how the board has failed to…
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News In Brief: January 2015
January was just chock full of fun and surprises, news-wise. Well, more surprises than fun, but you take what you can get. One of the more refreshing surprises came shortly after Björk announced her new album, ‘Vulnicura’, would be coming out this…