Published : 11-02-2019
An e-campaign launched by German activists to urge the German authorities to backtrack on a decision to deport the Palestinian refugee from Syria Arafat Shreih, his wife Samah Daqaq, and their child from Germany to Latvia, has garnered 30,300 signatures.
The campaigners are seeking to reach 30,500 signatures as a means to pressurize the Bavarian government to cancel the deportation.
The Bavarian government in Germany issued a decision to deport the family to the eastern European country of Latvia, where they 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 they have lived for three years.
The expectant wife and her husband, both formerly sheltered in AlNeirab Camp for Palestinian refugees, in Aleppo, were detained by the German police while their six-year old child was transferred to an orphanage.
Activists said the wife was released from a detention center last Friday, pending her deportation. As soon as she showed up at the airport the police decided to delay her refoulement after medical checks diagnosed her with health disorders.
Samah, who has been taking refuge in a shelter with her child, continues to appeal to the German authorities in Bavaria to cancel the deportation decision.
Activists said that Samah and her child have been taking refuge in a local shelter and urged local authorities to reconsider the deportation decision. The husband recently got a job in Germany. Their son got enrolled at a kindergarten and speaks the German language.
The family fled AlNeirab Camp for Palestinian refugees in Aleppo, before they reached Greece. Shortly after, the UN secured their arrival to Latvia, where they were granted asylum.
The family had been enduring abject conditions in Latvia due to socio-cultural and linguistic discrepancies along with xenophobic reactions and denial of access to vital services in the country.
An e-campaign launched by German activists to urge the German authorities to backtrack on a decision to deport the Palestinian refugee from Syria Arafat Shreih, his wife Samah Daqaq, and their child from Germany to Latvia, has garnered 30,300 signatures.
The campaigners are seeking to reach 30,500 signatures as a means to pressurize the Bavarian government to cancel the deportation.
The Bavarian government in Germany issued a decision to deport the family to the eastern European country of Latvia, where they 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 they have lived for three years.
The expectant wife and her husband, both formerly sheltered in AlNeirab Camp for Palestinian refugees, in Aleppo, were detained by the German police while their six-year old child was transferred to an orphanage.
Activists said the wife was released from a detention center last Friday, pending her deportation. As soon as she showed up at the airport the police decided to delay her refoulement after medical checks diagnosed her with health disorders.
Samah, who has been taking refuge in a shelter with her child, continues to appeal to the German authorities in Bavaria to cancel the deportation decision.
Activists said that Samah and her child have been taking refuge in a local shelter and urged local authorities to reconsider the deportation decision. The husband recently got a job in Germany. Their son got enrolled at a kindergarten and speaks the German language.
The family fled AlNeirab Camp for Palestinian refugees in Aleppo, before they reached Greece. Shortly after, the UN secured their arrival to Latvia, where they were granted asylum.
The family had been enduring abject conditions in Latvia due to socio-cultural and linguistic discrepancies along with xenophobic reactions and denial of access to vital services in the country.
