complicated and contradictory situation for minorities and the Roma in Kosovo. While many refugees are repatriated abroad by force, minorities present there are forced to leave the country.
May 28, 2009 - According to information from his lawyer, the police arrested twenty-six Elvis A., Monday, May 26, 2009 around midnight at his home in Fuldatal, where he lived with his partner and their two children, a year and a half and three weeks to be sent back to Kosovo, where he has no other family. The same source, Elvis A. arrived in Germany in September 1999 with his parents and brothers, following the Kosovo conflict.
Instead of receiving asylum, Elvis A. only one was granted "tolerated status" ("Duldung"), which offers limited protection against expulsion. Not only in this way, Elvis A. could not receive professional training or have a regular job. He arrived in Germany 82 days too late, he missed the opportunity that his case was considered by the "Härtefallkommission" which deals with cases of particular suffering of asylum seekers.
The German Federal Government has recently concluded a readmission agreement with the Kosovo authorities that allows the forced return of persons originating from Kosovo, regardless of their ethnic background. This agreement is in contrast to de facto and violates the UNHCR position on the continued international protection needs of the people of Kosovo, that Kosovo Serbs and Roma continue to be at risk of persecution and who should be granted asylum or subsidiary protection.
The deportation of Elvis A. coincides with the publication by the Minority Rights Group International unrapporto of which points to the continued discrimination against ethnic minorities, leading to their departure from Kosovo. The same day, the Commission against Racism and Intolerance of the Council of Europe, ECRI, issued its national quartorapporto on Germany, expressing their criticism of the country's restrictive policies towards asylum seekers.
In this report, ECRI devotes an entire section to the situation of those who were admitted in Germany on the basis of the status of tolerated ". While praising the efforts of Germany to provide a temporary residence status to those in Germany for several years, which is referred to as "Bleiberechtsregelung, providing compliance with certain conditions, ECRI encourages the German authorities "to work toward a solution that both human and fully respectful of human rights of all people, including those who will not benefit from the existing arrangements, which have lived in Germany in the status of tolerance for a long time and have developed close links with Germany. " Elvis A. would certainly fall into this category.
(Reuters)
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