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| Germany ends political asylum for Iraqis |
| 2003-11-18 |
| Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan. Interior Minister Otto Schilly removed the stop on decisions in the cases of asylum applicants from Iraq. A similar instruction was already issued by the SPD politician’s ministry in mid-September to the Federal Bureau for the Recognition of Foreign Refugees. Earlier, because of the Iraq war, the bureau stopped sending decision letters to asylum applicants for months. The ministry now justifies the resumption of decisions on asylum cases with the statement that "at the time and in the near future political persecution in Iraq can be ruled out." No thanks to Herr Schroeder for taking any action to end political persecution in Iraq. At least his government can recognize the change. Original news article (auf Deutsch) here. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #2 I liked David's comment in his blog post: The political persecution - that certainly existed earlier in Iraq - can now be ruled out? And who do we have to thank for this good news? Certainly not that naive, stupid Texan, that neo-conservative striving to rule the world, that slave to capitalism controlled by the oil industry, that unpopular ... George Bush? |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2003-11-18 1:03:33 PM |
| #1 Your welcome. |
| Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2003-11-18 12:52:28 PM |