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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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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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11 Year Old Girl And Handicapped Afghani Father To Be Deported Thursday
Haniye Maleki, and elven year old girl from Afghanistan and her father will be deported on Thursday, reports RÚV. The father and daughter were informed of the deportation at a meeting with the Directorate of Immigration and the police this morning. The…
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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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Wrestling The Kraken: Moving to Iceland and the Directorate of Immigration
A friend of mine says: “The problem with living in Iceland is that every time you open a door, you see yourself on the other side.” Sharp words and criticism are easy to hurl at some disembodied face on the TV screen—some…
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Parliamentary Ombudsman Gives Immigration Directorate More Time
The Directorate of Immigration now has until February 1 to respond to official inquiries about their handling of an asylum seeker case. RÚV reports that the Directorate, which was supposed to respond to the inquiry today, requested the extension themselves, which was…
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Domestic Violence Survivor May Be Deported
An American citizen who divorced her Icelandic ex-husband now faces deportation for “not having enough ties to the country”. “My life is here, and there is nothing for me in the US,” she told us. In September 2011, American citizen Amanda Wood…
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Immigration Appeals Board Finally In Place
On Monday, January 26, the Minister of the Interior appointed members to the Immigration Appeals Board (Kærunefnd útlendingamála), established by law in May 2014. The board was supposed to start its operations on January 1. The board’s Chair and its staff have,…
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Nigerian Asylum Seeker Denied Residence Permit
Nigerian asylum seeker Samuel Eboigbe Unuko has been denied a residence permit despite the fact that he is married to an Icelandic citizen, reports DV. The Directorate of Immigration delivered their verdict last week stating that the application did not meet the basic requirements…