{"id":1524,"date":"2020-12-16T20:41:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T19:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/refugees4refugees.wordpress.com\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2020-12-16T20:41:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T19:41:23","slug":"voluntary-returns-as-a-farce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugees4refugees.org\/en\/2020\/12\/16\/voluntary-returns-as-a-farce\/","title":{"rendered":"Voluntary Returns as a farce!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humiliating State violence during collective deportation, deportees and relatives treated like criminals, no interest to control corona infection.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In early December 2020, 43 people were deported to Nigeria. The charter flight took off from Munich on December 10, with 24 people from the Germany, 17 from Austria, one person from Slovakia and one from Poland. They arrived in Lagos – Nigeria at 1:45 hours in the afternoon<\/span>. There were more than a hundred security personnel on board. In each row of seats (2, 3, 2 rows of seats) in the plane there were 3 refugees and 4 policemen* <\/span>(these in the seats along the aisles).<\/u><\/span> The deportees were o<\/span>n<\/span> hand and foot cuffs. Some were also fixed to the seat, or their arms were fixed to their body. Some were <\/span>“immobilized”<\/u><\/span> with helmets.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have already contacted some of the deportees and received important information. Among the deportees were so-called “well-integrated”, “voluntary returnees”, fathers of families, 3 women and 2 children.<\/span><\/p>\n

A deportee from the district of Rosenheim reported on his situation: “When my asylum application was rejected, I received information about the possibility of voluntary return. I went to the Central Return Counseling (ZRB) in time. I accepted the offer for voluntary return <\/span>and <\/span>was taken through the 3 months <\/span>preparation course of the “<\/span>S<\/span>ocial <\/span>I<\/span>mpact” project (reintegration project). I <\/span>had <\/span>cooperated with all the requirements, including obtaining my passport in time. Nevertheless, I was <\/span>brutally <\/span>arrested and deported. My passport <\/span>was<\/span> stamped with “deported”. This also means that the <\/span>Nigerian Immigration <\/span>kept my passport and I no longer have a passport. Because when you are deported, the Nigerian I<\/span>mmigration has to<\/span> keep your papers.”<\/span><\/p>\n

A conversation with staff of the responsible return counseling center (ZRB) confirms the statements of the deported person concerned. All information concerning the preparation of the return was transmitted to the foreigners authority. This means that the foreigners authority, although aware of the measure, carried on with the deportation. Employees of the counseling center are shocked by the incident. It was the first time something like this had happened. Refugees would also lose confidence in the federally funded return program. Another man was deported from the Rosenheim district who had already started the preparatory course. Despite the voluntary return program, he has now been brutally deported.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is nothing new. Already in 2018, a refugee from N\u00f6rdlingen was to be deported <\/span>during his <\/span>preparation course for “voluntary return”. The arrest for the deportation failed only because the <\/span>police could not find him in the night of the planned arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n

The federal government’s “voluntary return program” has nothing to do with “voluntary” anyway, it is just an embellished form of deportation – especially since the “start-up aid” in the home country has now been reduced to fifty euros.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, families have been separated by deportation. For example, on December 9 in N\u00f6rdlingen, a <\/span>family <\/span>father was arrested and deported <\/span>onboard this flight<\/span>. During a small private birthday party of his eldest son, the police came. The family lived in a container accommodation with three children born in Germany. They had separated their room into two areas with a <\/span>closet.<\/u><\/span> While the wife had gone to sleep in one area with the children, the father was still sitting in the other area with two friends from the shelter. The police came and ordered the friends out of the room. Later it turned out that the friends were lucky, because one of them was also to be deported. The father <\/span>was given only <\/span>5 minutes to p<\/span>ut<\/span> his things <\/span>together<\/span>. Because he was not allowed to join his wife in the area separated b<\/span>y<\/span> the closet, he called her on t<\/span>he<\/span> cell phone. The wife got up but was not a<\/span>llowed<\/span> t<\/span>o touch<\/span> him, was not allowed to give him <\/span>anything <\/span>or see him off. The father was also not allowed to <\/span>go close and say goodbye to his <\/span>sleeping children. The father did not accept this a<\/span>nd<\/span> managed to wake the children <\/span>up<\/span>. With sleepy eyes, they <\/span>watched <\/span>their father being taken away in handcuffs by the police. The family is traumatized. The youngest son <\/span>still <\/span>does not believe that his father h<\/span>as been<\/span> deported. He still thinks, even after two days, that his father <\/span>is <\/span>not coming home <\/span>after<\/span> work. The two-year-old does not understand the situation and is angry with the father. To this day, he refuses to talk to his dad on the phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

P<\/span>resumably, most <\/span>of the <\/span>deported <\/span>persons were <\/span>from Bavaria. The current s<\/span>ituation<\/span> c<\/span>ould confirm<\/span> that the CSU-led Bavaria is leading in the <\/span>brutal <\/span>deportation practice. The racist measures and demands of the Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer <\/span>seems to be <\/span>implement in an exemplary manner <\/span>in Baveria<\/span>. Bavaria <\/span>has always been <\/span>put<\/span>ting<\/span> pressure on asylum seekers <\/span>even during<\/span> the first lock-down. Many refugees were p<\/span>ressured<\/span> to a<\/span>pply for their<\/span> passports or establish their identity, e<\/span>ven when<\/span> embassies and also the borders were closed <\/span>down<\/span> because of <\/span>the <\/span>Corona <\/span>situation<\/span>. Some, including families, were issued \u201cborder crossing certificate\u201d and <\/span>ordered <\/span>to leave Germany, although this was not possible due to the current Corona situation. <\/span><\/p>\n

For <\/span>any <\/span>deportation to Nigeria, a corona test h<\/span>as to be undertaken<\/span> about 3-5 days <\/span>with a negative result <\/span>before <\/span>departure<\/span>. Some of the deportees received request<\/span>s<\/span> for corona test in <\/span>connection to preparation for their deportation from Germany.<\/span> Others <\/span>were compelled to undergo a corona test during <\/span>appointments at the District Office without any <\/span>given <\/span>reason. One deportee from Wasserburg <\/span>was arrested three days after <\/span>quarantine <\/span>in his camp <\/span>and then deported.<\/span><\/p>\n

B<\/span>ased on Nigeria corona entry regulation, travelers to Nigeria are required to have a corona test certificate undertaken in about 72 before entry.<\/span> T<\/span>ravelers are mandated to <\/span>register <\/span>online <\/span>for a corona test upon arrival. This registration <\/span>are not made <\/span>i<\/span>n the case of<\/span> deportations and a corona test upon arrival in <\/span>Nigeria <\/span>i<\/span>s not done<\/span>. <\/span>For the deported persons on December 10, <\/span> only fever was measured.<\/span><\/p>\n

With our network (DERS) we a<\/span>re<\/span> able to organize <\/span>volunteering persons <\/span>who receive<\/span>s<\/span> the deportees on the spot at the <\/span>Lagos cargo <\/span>airport and support them with a first accommodation, contact mediation, etc. depending on their needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The German government exports Corona. The people in Nigeria are not protected like the German population. The German government, Angela Merkel, shows her contempt for the people of Africa. Their lives do not need to be protected. When some people in LEA Ellwangen were infected with Corona in April, everyone was locked up. No one was allowed to leave the camp to protect the German population. Even people with negative tests were not allowed to leave the camp. It was all about protecting the Germans. Now Germany has become a Corona hotspot. A negative test is enough for deportation to Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is possible that the next deportation to Nigeria will take place at Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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