Norway Deports Iranian Refugees Who Travel to Iran
Kasedane Azadi News Agency: The Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board, which previously reported increased strictness by this country in granting refugee status to nationals of other countries, supported the approval of a plan mandating the deportation of fraudulent refugees from Norway.
Based on the plan of the Immigration Appeals Board in Norway, whose members include senior government officials headed by Norway’s Justice Minister, asylum seekers who have lied in their refugee applications in Norway or who are found to have previously applied for asylum in other European countries before arriving in Norway will be immediately deported from Norway.
Under this law, refugees who, after obtaining refugee status and settling in Norway, travel to their home country will also be identified as lying regarding the lack of security in their homeland.
The Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board statement did not name any specific country. However, two Norwegian newspapers, referring to what the Norwegian police security organization PST has stated about its direct focus on visa issuance processes for Iranian nationals, particularly Iranian students, have claimed that the highest rate of fraud in refugee files has been reported among Iranian and Afghan asylum seekers.
The operations of Norway’s Immigration Directorate (UDI) have drawn protests from some refugee rights organizations and international bodies. These organizations believe that the process of deporting asylum seekers could have severe consequences for many of these individuals, and in some cases, failure to verify the authenticity of required information and documents could result in the deportation of a person who is actually facing a life-threatening danger in their home country. However, what has been announced as Norway’s government’s final decision shows that, despite warnings from human rights organizations, the Norwegian Immigration Directorate is attempting to pursue the verification of the authenticity of asylum seekers’ claims through rigorous continuous monitoring methods.
Before Norway, the Canadian government announced in March 2015 that it would deal with refugees who return to their first country in accordance with supplementary Canadian immigration laws. These laws allow the Canadian government to revoke the residence of former asylum seekers who “are once again benefiting from their homeland.”
Source: Freedom Messenger
