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Refugees from Afghanistan and 2 other countries sue Germany for checking their phones
2020-05-08
The soft jihad of the law.
[KhaamaPress] Refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
are suing Germany for invasion of privacy after the authorities allegedly checked their phones to prove their identities.

The refugees are a 37-year-old woman from Afghanistan, 25-year-old woman from Cameroon and 29-year-old man from Syria.

The authorities in Germany have the authority to examine the cell phones of the asylum seekers who do not have valid identity documents such passports, according to Mail Online.

However,
some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go...
Berlin’s Society of Civil Rights (GFF) is arguing that this method was used too quickly and is a violation of the refugees’ human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
The 29-year-old Mohammad, who was granted asylum in 2015 said "I didn’t know what exactly was happening, nobody had explained anything. But I was afraid to be deported, so I gave the mobile. It was as if I was handing over my whole life," according to a statement released by the GFF.

A GFF lawyer Lea Beckmann said "The BAMF (Germany’s ministry for migration and refugees) is disregarding the strict constitutional rules by which the state must abide when accessing personal data."

Meanwhile,
...back at the cheese factory, all the pieces finally fell together in Fluffy's mind...
a BAMF spokesperson said "A mobile phone is often the only, or a very important, source to establish the identity and nationality of people entering Germany without a passport or identification documents."
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Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Aw, poor babies. Isnt' that just too g.d. bad?!
Posted by: Clem   2020-05-08 14:42  

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