The new government will examine the religious asylum seekers' right to asylum in Norway. NOAS think it means that more people will stay - in the long term.
There's no tomorrow, but over time I think more Christians asylum seekers can stay, says adviser Jon Ole Martinsen NOAS Norwegian Organization for Asylum Seekers.
It's Christian Democrats who have put in place a separate section in cooperation with the blue government for asylum seekers who apply to study on the basis of persecution on religious grounds or on the basis of sexual orientation.
Politicians from the Christian Democratic Party has for many years been upset with the way the Norwegian immigration authorities deal with people seeking asylum on grounds of religion. Primarily this applies to Iranians who have converted from Islam to Christian faith and fear persecution if they are returned to their homeland.
Think of stay
Parliamentary leader Hans Olav Syversen (KrF) also believe that more will be granted residence.
- In the long run I think it will mean that more people will get the stay. Now, one can no longer send people back and say they must keep quiet about what they believe in, say Syversen.
Behind the bureaucratic wording in the agreement (see fact box) eyes advisor Martinsen NOAS the term strong hope especially for Christian converts from Iran. I caught the office at Young square in Oslo he has a stack of plastic folders with cases where Iranian Christians have had their application for asylum. stack rose sharply last year and this spring after the first was a softening in 2011.
Went through 40 cases
In summer began NOAS a systematic review of about 40 off to see how the appeal body Immigration argues. Martinsen scroll up in a refusal to find a phrase that recurs in a number of discounts: The applicant testified that he practices his faith in Norway through participation in worship, prayer, talks and meetings in various churches. UNE believes that he will act on Similarly, in Iran. UNE shows that the decisions in similar cases and concluded that such practice does not involve risk of persecution upon return to Iran. Appeal the rejection of their asylum application is therefore denied.
- If they shall exercise faith in the same way in Iran, they will not have access to the churches. They referred to the home churches. UN Special Rapporteur on Iran, Ahmed Shahid, has stated that this is a group of special concern because they have seen a negative trend in which hundreds have been arrested in recent years. every indication that it is not only the leaders, but the home churches is arrested.So they are released on to sign a declaration of regret where they go back to Islam and assure that they will not participate so anymore.
The right to exercise faith
Martinsen think the point of the government declaration may lead to new practices in these matters. The new government should consider how converts and gays are examined in light of the guidelines of the UNHCR, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and the EU Qualification Directive.
On the computer screen, he Promoting a letter from the High Commissioner in January this year that summarizes their interpretation of who should have refugee status. It says that a person's religion is so fundamental that it should not be forced to hide, change or renounce her faith to avoid persecution.
An EU ruling with regard to the EU Qualification Directive has established that they are entitled to exercise their faith.
- Therefore, we believe that the point of the government declaration is good, even if it only specifies that this should be investigated. We expect that they will look the same as we have seen, that the current practice is contrary to the right to free exercise of religion.
The point of the statement is also true homosexuals the right to protection from persecution. This group got its situation strengthened by a judgment of the Supreme Court, but Martinsen said that many gays have also been rejected in recent months. He therefore hopes that the report will also strengthen their situation. BIRTHDAY
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