Tsega Sereke Tewelde need not return to Eritrea

Friday, May 01, 2009
Tsega Sereke Tewelde need not return to Eritrea

Published 2009-04-29 23:55

On Wednesday, the Migration Board, 25-year-old eritrea skan Tsega Sereke Tewelde permanent residence, even though she had previously tvångsutvisas. Migration Board will now review the old refusal before any tvångsutvisas to Eritrea.


When the DN met 25-year Tsega Sereke Tewelde a month ago, she had just released from the Migration Board custody in Gävle, where she had been locked up for four months in anticipation of the likely become tvångsutvisad to Eritrea.

In mid-March, the Swedish Migration Board that there was nothing that prevented the deportation. A week later changed migration court decision. Tsega Sereke Tewelde was granted a new trial. In earlier decisions had not been taken into account that Tsega Sereke Tewelde was punished because she fled illegally when she was 18, shortly before DRAFT.


On Wednesday was Tsega Sereke Tewelde know that she, after six years in Sweden and several rejections, finally now been granted permanent residence of the Swedish Migration Board, which is only a month ago said that she would tvångsutvisas.


- Now I finally learn English properly, "said Tsega Sereke Tewelde, which on several occasions to cancel the instruction when the authorities refused her requests for asylum.


During the years in Sweden, she cleaned the offices and homes of the elderly in Stockholm suburbs in home management.


- Now I want to finally educate me. I will be undersköterska, "she says.


Tsega Sereke Tewelde is one of the hundreds of Eritreans who were rejecting their applications for asylum a few years ago. Last year was executed a couple of forced expulsions, despite protests, including one from Amnesty. At the same time came reports that the situation in Eritrea deteriorated. Many threatened with deportation earlier refusal has therefore put forward new data from Eritrea as a reason for the expulsion should not be enforced. So far, the Swedish Migration Board usually rejected their request. But as DN attention has migration court in Stockholm often amended the Migration Board adverse decision and granted the new trial.


In the near future, the Migration Board now to take a guiding decisions requiring a change.


- I am very concerned about developments in Eritrea. Before the eri-Trean who have older refusal expelled, we shall re-assess the risk that they be punished if they are deemed to have concealed themselves from military service, "said Migration Board of Legal Mikael Ribbenvik.

Ann Persson

ann.persson @ dn.se