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Sweden: Iraqi Kurds deported despite
honour violence risk
28.4.2008
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April
28, 2008
A woman is to be deported to Iraq despite the risk
of an honour violence. The Migration Board's (Migrationsverket)
conclusion that the risk of honour violence in
northern Iraq has declined is at odds with the
foreign office and has been criticised by the Red
Cross.
The latest two annual reports from the Foreign
Ministry (Utrikesdepartementet) of the state of
human rights in Iraq indicate that honour violence
against women has increased. The report for 2007
reported the deaths of 225 women in the region in
the first half of the year alone. A United Nations
source is cited in the report as saying that 1-2 new
cases are reported each day.
The Swedish Red Cross is vocal in its criticism of
the Migration Board's analysis of the situation in
northern Iraq.
"It is serious that the Migration Board paints a
picture of the situation in Iraq that does not
concur with that held by the government, and that it
then forms the basis for its decisions," said Bengt
Westerberg of the Swedish Red Cross to Dagens
Nyheter.
The Red Cross is now helping the woman fight the
ruling and is assisting her appeal against the
deportation order.
According to the Migration Board there is no guiding
principle for how the risk of honour violence can be
considered in an asylum decision; the threat picture
is considered from case to case. The Board's expert
in Iraq questions is quoted by Dagens Nyheter as
saying that the authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan
function and can give "reasonably effective
protection against criminality."
Talking to The Local,www.ekurd.net
Maud Fröberg of the
Swedish Red Cross confirmed they have decided to
assist the Iraqi woman because their analysis of the
situation in Kurdistan concurs with the Foreign
Ministry's; that violence against women in the
region is on the increase.
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