Published : 03-02-2019
Palestinian refugee Sameh Daqaq has been detained by the German authorities pending her deportation to the eastern European country of Lativia, where her family were first granted asylum, before they headed for Germany.
The German authorities rebuffed the family’s appeals for a legal stay in the country, where she has lived with her husband, Arafat Shukri Shreih, and child for three years.
German news outlets said the German Migration Office ruled that the family be sent back to Lativia. The expectant wife and her husband, both formerly sheltered in AlNeirab Camp for Palestinian refugees, in Aleppo, have been detained by the German police while their six-year old child was transferred to an orphanage.
German activists and citizens embarked on a campaign aiming to garner signatures in order to pressurize local authorities to backtrack on the refoulement decision. NGOs and political parties also announced their intent to stage protest events to that very end.
Palestinians from Syria in Germany are categorized as stateless refugees, according to the German law. The Geneva Convention stipulates that Germany grant nationality to those categorized as stateless refugees, in accordance with the German Nationality Law of 2000.
Palestinian refugee Sameh Daqaq has been detained by the German authorities pending her deportation to the eastern European country of Lativia, where her family were first granted asylum, before they headed for Germany.
The German authorities rebuffed the family’s appeals for a legal stay in the country, where she has lived with her husband, Arafat Shukri Shreih, and child for three years.
German news outlets said the German Migration Office ruled that the family be sent back to Lativia. The expectant wife and her husband, both formerly sheltered in AlNeirab Camp for Palestinian refugees, in Aleppo, have been detained by the German police while their six-year old child was transferred to an orphanage.
German activists and citizens embarked on a campaign aiming to garner signatures in order to pressurize local authorities to backtrack on the refoulement decision. NGOs and political parties also announced their intent to stage protest events to that very end.
Palestinians from Syria in Germany are categorized as stateless refugees, according to the German law. The Geneva Convention stipulates that Germany grant nationality to those categorized as stateless refugees, in accordance with the German Nationality Law of 2000.
