PRO ASYL Presseerklärung | Press Release
June 28, 1999
Home Secretary Schily cancels deportation ban.
PRO ASYL and IPPNW demanding independent commission of inquiry
„Compulsory measures and the complete deportation practice
are to be put to the test“
- Innenminister Schily hebt Abschiebungsstopp auf: PRO ASYL und IPPNW fordern unabhängigen Untersuchungsausschuß“
Zwangsmaßnahmen und gesamte Abschiebungspraxis gehören auf den Prüfstand“ - Home Secretary Schily cancels deportation ban.
PRO ASYL and IPPNW demanding independent commission of inquiry
„Compulsory measures and the complete deportation practice
are to be put to the test“
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The Nation-wide Human Rights Organisation for Refugees PRO ASYL and the International Physicians Organisation IPPNW have criticised intensely the decision of Home Secretary Schily, to cancel the deportation ban ordered after the death of the Sudanese Aamir Ageeb. It is problematic and thoughtless to resume forcibly returns pending the conclusion of the investigations on the precise circumstances and the exact cause of death of Aamir Ageeb. Still last week Home Secretary Schily assured, that the order of the deportation ban would remain in force as long as not could be excluded „to 100 per cent any risk“ , that the use of force on occasion of a deportation might cause the death of the concerned person.
PRO ASYL and IPPNW demand an independent commission of inquiry, whose members should be among others representatives of churches, NGOs, human rights and refugee organisations, physicians, psychologists and lawyers.
„Not only compulsory measures by the Federal Border Police against resisting foreigners are to put to the test of the commission but the complete system of the deportation practice „, said PRO ASYL-spokesperson Heiko Kauffmann.
Deportations would form frequently the end of a long chain of humiliating and complications experienced by refugees: „The rejection of deportation bans, readmission agreements signed also with countries of persecution, the denial of protection from deportation for victims of non-state persecution are conditions, which increase more and more the gap between protection claim and protection grant“, said Kauffmann. In front of this background should be understood the fear and despair of individuals to be deported to his/her country of persecution. Resistance mustn’t be simply interpreted as „refractoriness“. Exactly in this most sensitive area of national-sovereign use of force applies the commandment of human dignity absolutely : „No state measure, neither activities of the Federal Border Guard, may break out from the relationships and obligations of a state under the rule of law“, said Kauffmann.
