Sweden deported family to wrong country
Published: 11 Apr 11 13:32 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/33144/20110411/
A family deported to Uzbekistan after Sweden rejected their application for asylum is set to return to Sweden after Uzbek authorities concluded that they were not from the central Asian country.
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"They are not Uzbeks, according to the Uzbek authorities," said Marianne Paulsson at Halland police to the TT news agency.
The family will now undergo a new investigation into their application for asylum.
The case gained attention after Falkenberg municipal executive board urged the Migration Board (Migrationsverket) to reconsider its decision to deport the family.
But despite the appeal, the deportation was carried out on Friday in a plane carrying a number of other families.
"The Uzbek authorities have conducted a very thorough investigation and concluded that the family are definitely not from Uzbekistan and are not Uzbeks," Marianne Paulsson said.
Paulsson explained that the identification documents held by the family were fakes and former places of residence given by them have been shown to be fabrications.
The Migration Court has previously ruled that the family is from Uzbekistan although the Migration Board has said that it believes the family could originate from Uzbekistan, Azerbajdzjan, Turkey, Georgia or elsewhere, Paulsson told TT.
The family will be returned to the Migration Board's reception unit on their return to Sweden.
Deported people return to Sweden from time to time.
The Local reported in December 2010 on the case of a 52-year-old Iranian man after he was sent to neighbouring Iraq by mistake.
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"By the way, why does this story not reveal that it was Roma who were deported, not just plain vanilla Uzbeks?"
Perhaps because they are NOT Roma
@methven; I'm basing my conclusions on anecdotal evidence. Uzbek immigration denied them entry. They had been deported from Europe. Those two facts send one's suspicion in a certain direction. The story left out the ethnicity of the deportees. It is unlikely they were ethnic Uzbeks since ethnic Uzbeks for the most part have little reason to illegally enter Europe. They would normally go to Turkey. I will leave a small option open for the fact that they might have been something else. But the signs are there. But it is such a great shame that media sees fit to give us incomplete stories for their own PC reasons. Swedish media has created this morass of uncertianties and vaguaries. What's left but to guess?
That cuts it down... Could be from elsewhere!!! Genius.
But you NEVER hear them saying lets work hard and do our best to have a food life like Swedish people did! All they want is to go to countries like Sweden and enjoy the results of hard work.
Sweden and all countries like Sweden need to grow some balls.
I don't blame the Iranian people, many of them were educated and very nice. I think all of the Westerners foud General Kia (No idea how his last name was spelled) charming, I always thought that is what the Persian Kings of old were like, but Islam didn't just conquer Persia it destroyed it's very value system. Islam did to most of the Kingdoms of the Middle East what the Communists did to East Germany, it erased their National and cultural identity and substituted a violent and backwards ideology that never improves, because if criticized or change is suggested they kill or imprision you.
That's why the ones who want to live off the Welfare state go to Sweden and the ones who want to become Srgeons and become Millionaires go to California.
Here you go again taking 2 +2 and adding it up to make what ever pathetic answer your pea brain wants
we had a guy who arrived here and his passport expired/lost so we could not deport him easily as anyone without a passport is automatically sent back no questions asked!
so if you can get in with bad papers you are home and hosed! (as long as you don't wish to travel anywhere ever)
When I studied at SFI, I met some great Iranian people. I did meet a few that looked at Sweden as a stepping stone to the West. They were quite surprized when I said I was from Canada, and said they wanted to go there or the US. They said they'd stay as long as it takes to get a Swedish passport, because it'll be easier than using their original.
I couldn't put that better, well said about how Islam/Muhammad destroyed nations with his so called ideology forever, while in fact he was just a pedophile, but..
That doesn't mean that people from Islam-infected countries should keep running away from the problem, what does Sweden or the west in general have to do with it?! If you are aware of your problem then it's the first step towards the solution, even though it sounds impossible to re-brain wash all those Muslims I still believe its possible as Islam and all other religions are falling apart right now.
ive travelled a bit and you can see how they watch tv and dreaming about a sweden where they dont work get assylum money and benefits
well and those allready here confirm that and encourage them to come and teaches them the skills to tell the right stories
and we buy all that stuff
At first this was such a big surprise, I came to Sweden because of my husband's family connection and fell in love the beauty and traditions of Sweden. I naively assumed the other foreigners did too. I was wrong and though I liked my friends at SFI, the experience there has jaded me on what the motives of foreigners are and I now fear for Sweden, its people and traditions. My children are half Swedish and will probably never see the beauty that once existed here when their Gammel Farfar and Farmors grew up--especially in about 10-15 years from now....:(