US EditionBremen - Court bans deportation from church asylum for the time being
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In Bremen, the administrative court has temporarily banned the planned deportation of a Somali man who is currently in church asylum.
A 25-year-old Somali man has been in church asylum in Bremen since September. At the beginning of December he was to be deported to Finland, but dozens of people prevented this by peaceful means. Now the administrative court has decided that he can stay until the decision in the main proceedings is made.
In the German state of Bremen, only one percent of asylum seekers who should legally be deported are actually deported. The situation came to light after a Somali man who was to be deported by a German church was protected with 'church asylum' and sheltered by people from the Bremen Refugee Council, reports Junge Freiheit.
The initially failed transfer of a Somali asylum seeker to Finland has political repercussions in the Bremen Parliament. The issue of church asylum will be discussed there on Wednesday.
Bremen deports one percent of foreigners who are required to leave the country. When a Somali man was to be brought from church asylum to Finland, a mob prevented this. A court has now ruled on the case. This article Scandal in Bremen Somali man required to leave the country is allowed to leave church asylum was published on JUNGE FREIHEIT.
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