Yazan will not be deported now

The Palestinian boy Yazan Tamimi and his family will not be deported before next Saturday, and the family will therefore be able to request material treatment. This is due to lack of time. This is stated in the response of the National Police Commissioner to mbl.is' inquiry.

The office's response is as follows:

"Last Monday, the planned transfer of a Palestinian family to Spain was suspended at the request of the government, as has been reported in the media.

Behind every escort there is a lot of preparation, i.a. close consultation with the authorities in the host country to ensure safety, accommodation and a professional reception. Based on the time frame that is generally given for preparation, it is clear that the family's relocation will not happen as from next Saturday, on September 21, the family will be able to request the substantive processing of their application for international protection in this country. "

Standing to move him out of the country

The case of Yazan, who has Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, has attracted a lot of attention, but he came to Iceland with his family over a year ago in search of international protection.

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The family's application was rejected at the beginning of the summer, and that decision was strongly protested and a petition was created in support of Yazan.

On Sunday night, reports arrived that Yazan had been taken to Rjóðrið, the nursing and rehabilitation department of Landspítali National Hospital for chronically disabled children, and taken to Keflavík airport, but he was scheduled to be taken to Spain in the morning.

Postponed at the last minute

The reason for sending him there was that Yazan and his parents had a stopover in Spain on their way to Iceland, but had to leave the airport due to a strike, which resulted in them having to register in the country and the deportation provisions of the Dublin Regulation became active.

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However, the deportation was postponed at the last minute after Social Affairs Minister Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson asked that it be discussed in the government first.

The family's case was discussed at the government meeting yesterday, but after that meeting, the minister's speech was somewhat contradictory.

Hafsteinsdóttir not happy with it

Minister of Justice Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir, who ordered the postponement, said after yesterday's meeting that the family's deportation still existed and that it was against her will to postpone it.

Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson took the same line and said that the postponement and the government's discussion do not set any precedent.

Minister of Infrastructure, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, on the other hand, believed that the result would be "good for Yazan and his family" and Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Culture and Tourism, said that he would receive material treatment.

It has now become clear that this will be the case, and Yazan and his family will therefore be allowed to stay here, at least until the procedure is over.

As mentioned before, it is not because the administrative decision was annulled, but because there is no time to prepare for the deportation before Saturday, when the deadline for the Spanish authorities to receive the family expires.