Norway to return asylum seekers
Norway has carried out an enforced return to their homeland of a number of asylum seekers from Iraq who have been denied asylum in this country, according to public broadcaster NRK.
Amnesty International reported earlier that it had received information that Norway, together with Belgium, the Netherlands and Great Britain would together return failed asylum seekers on a chartered airplane.
This against the advice of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), which on Tuesday stressed its concern that Iraqi asylum applicants in Europe should continue to receive international protection amid fears that some countries may send Iraqi citizens back home.
"Our position and advice to governments is that Iraqi asylum applicants originating from Iraq's governorates of Baghdad, Diyala, Ninewa and Salah-al-Din, as well as from Kirkuk province, should continue to benefit from international protection in the form of refugee status under the 1951 Refugee Convention or another form of protection depending on the circumstances of the case," said UNHCR's chief spokesperson, Melissa Fleming.
NRK/Press release
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