ECHR stopped deportations to Iraq
ECHR stopped deportations to Iraq
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decided that Iraqi refugees can’t be sent back to their country in the existing situation.
Staying the order of European countries concerning refoulement of Iraqi refugees temporarily in the first days of November, ECHR has today decided that Iraqi refugees can’t be sent back to their country in the ‘existing situation’, showing the reason that the situation in Iraq is not safe.
Stating that the situation in Iraq is safe, Holland and Sweden Immigrant Ministry had previously started the operation of remanding Iraqi refugees, whose requests for asylum were rejected. However, with an interlocutory decision on 2 November, ACHR stayed the order temporarily, stating that the refoulement of Iraqi refugees is incongruent to European Convention of Human Rights. Holland and Sweden afterwards stopped deportation operations to wait for the final decision.
The suspension of remanding Iraqi refugees for an uncertain time with the decision of ECHR, was a hit on the rightist government of Holland, which hardens laws against immigrants and refugees.
The minority government, which is outwardly supported by PVV party of Anti-Islam and Anti-Immigrant parliamentarian Geert Wilders, had previously cancelled the law which prepared that the refugees including Iraqi refugees, whose requests for asylum are rejected, can’t be sent back to their countries, where there exist serious security threats. Besides, the government had made public that they aimed to decrease the flow of migrants into the country at the rate of 30 percent.
With the final decision of ECHR, which is welcomed by Human Rights Organizations, Holland and Sweden are expected to make new regulations concerning Iraqi refugees.
TRANSLATION: BERNA OZGENCIL
Staying the order of European countries concerning refoulement of Iraqi refugees temporarily in the first days of November, ECHR has today decided that Iraqi refugees can’t be sent back to their country in the ‘existing situation’, showing the reason that the situation in Iraq is not safe.
Stating that the situation in Iraq is safe, Holland and Sweden Immigrant Ministry had previously started the operation of remanding Iraqi refugees, whose requests for asylum were rejected. However, with an interlocutory decision on 2 November, ACHR stayed the order temporarily, stating that the refoulement of Iraqi refugees is incongruent to European Convention of Human Rights. Holland and Sweden afterwards stopped deportation operations to wait for the final decision.
The suspension of remanding Iraqi refugees for an uncertain time with the decision of ECHR, was a hit on the rightist government of Holland, which hardens laws against immigrants and refugees.
The minority government, which is outwardly supported by PVV party of Anti-Islam and Anti-Immigrant parliamentarian Geert Wilders, had previously cancelled the law which prepared that the refugees including Iraqi refugees, whose requests for asylum are rejected, can’t be sent back to their countries, where there exist serious security threats. Besides, the government had made public that they aimed to decrease the flow of migrants into the country at the rate of 30 percent.
With the final decision of ECHR, which is welcomed by Human Rights Organizations, Holland and Sweden are expected to make new regulations concerning Iraqi refugees.
TRANSLATION: BERNA OZGENCIL
