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Minister Makes False Statement In Parliament
Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir made claims about the leaked memo on Nigerian asylum seeker Tony Omos which have proved false. DV reports that the minister, addressing parliament on January 27, told her colleagues, “The memo that has been appearing from…
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Government Sentenced To Award Asylum Seeker Damages
Reykjavík District Court has ruled that the Icelandic government must pay an asylum seeker over 2 million ISK in damages for false detention and deportation without properly hearing his case. In the court’s opinion, the Icelandic government must pay Atila Askarpour 2,350,000 ISK…
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Leaked Memo Created Within Ministry, Sources Contend
Sources within the Ministry of the Interior contend that a memo which leaked to select members of the press and impugned a Nigerian asylum seeker was, in fact, created within the ministry. DV reports that sources they spoke to say that the now-infamous…
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Special Prosecutor Joins Ministry Investigation
Special Prosecutor Ólafur Hauksson is back, taking part in the criminal investigation of the Ministry of the Interior. DV reports that Ólafur – a prosecutor who took on many of Iceland’s financiers and bankers – will be replacing Assistant Commissioner of the Greater Reykjavík Area…
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So Who’s This Tony Omos I Keep Hearing About?
He is a Nigerian who applied for asylum in Iceland two years ago. Late last year he was escorted out of the country by police and separated from the mother of his child, Evelyn Glory Joseph, a fellow asylum seeker. Mr. Omos…
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Police Confirm Minister’s Brother Will Not Be Part Of Investigation Team
Assistant commissioner for the capital area police Theódór Kristjánsson – who is also the brother of Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir – will not be amongst the police officials taking part in the investigation of the ministry. Apart from his…
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Newspaper Editor Defends Leaked Memo
Davíð Oddsson – the current co-editor of Morgunblaðið – defended the leak of a memo on an asylum seeker that launched a police investigation as “allowing the public to get the whole picture”. In an editorial for Morgunblaðið, Davíð – who is also, amongst…
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Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here
While families in Iceland gather together over the holidays, at least one couple will not have that privilege. After the Ministry of the Interior decided to uphold the Directorate of Immigration’s ruling to deport Nigerian asylum seeker Tony Omos on November 19,…