No Grounds for the Restoration of Yazidi Family in Brandenburg
In a controversial move, a family of Iraqi origin, consisting of four minor children, were deported from Lychen in the Uckermark region to Iraq on July 22, 2023. The family had been living with relatives in Iraq, and politicians from the SPD, Greens, and the Left had demanded their return to Germany.
The family had been tolerated by the Uckermark district's Foreigners' Authority from May 2023. However, the Interior Minister, René Wilke, stated that there is no legal basis for the return of the family to German territory. The Interior Ministry explained that the tolerance for the family was granted with the condition that it would be lifted with the deportation or departure date.
Since May 2023, the family had been deemed deportable, according to the Interior Ministry. In February 2024, the family rejected an offer of advice on voluntary departure. Their lawsuit against the rejection of their asylum application was dismissed as unfounded by the Administrative Court of Potsdam at the end of July, 2023.
In August, the Administrative Court refused to order Germany to take the family back in an urgent procedure. The court did not find a significant individual threat such as persecution by the terrorist militia Islamic State (IS) for the family. The return of the family with four children of Iraqi origin deported from Germany in February 2024 was reported by the Saarländischer Flüchtlingsrat (Saarland Refugee Council).
The deportation of the family was ruled as lawful by the Administrative Court of Potsdam. The Interior Ministry emphasized at every extension of the tolerance that there is no legal basis for the return of the family to German territory, as stated by the Interior Minister, René Wilke.
The Uckermark Foreigners' Authority reported the return of the family in February, 2024, according to the Interior Ministry. The family's case has sparked controversy and protests, with a school class from Lychen campaigning for their return. The Yazidis, a religious minority that the German Bundestag recognized the crimes of the Islamic State against in 2014 as genocide in 2023, form part of the family's background.
The Administrative Court of Potsdam suspended the family's obligation to leave the country on July 22, 2023, but the deportation had already taken place. The Interior Ministry stated that the family was aware that a return could take place at any time once the travel documents were issued by the Iraqi embassy. This news article aims to provide a clear and factual account of the events surrounding the deportation of the family, without adding opinions or unrelated information.
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