D. 8.11.10 modtaget fra Gerd <gerdg@ mail.dk>
Rapportering til FN i forbindelse med
Danmarks eksamination
i FN’s Menneskerettighedsråd
2. maj 2011
fra initiativet Amnesti Nu
337 afviste
asylansøgere lever under vilkår i det danske asylsystem, hvorved deres basale menneskerettigheder
ifølge FN´s Verdenserklæring om Menneskerettigheder
IV krænkes.
Amnesti Nu baserer denne anklage på Institut for Menneskerettigheders udredning nr. 6/2009, Afviste asylansøgere og andre udlændinge i udsendelsesposition i Danmark, hvori IM har undersøgt de afviste asylansøgeres leveforhold samt analyseret disse forhold i relation til menneskeretskonventionen.
Instituttet påpeger, at de afviste asylansøgere lever under begrænsninger, der - kumuleret over tid - i konkrete tilfælde kan føre til krænkelse af menneskerettigheder. Det gælder retten til privatliv og familieliv, retten til personlig frihed og bevægelsesfrihed, retten til arbejde, retten til uddannelse, retten til en tilstrækkelig levestandard og retten til sundhed.
Amnesti Nu blev dannet i september 2006 med det formål at arbejde for amnesti for de afviste asylansøgere, der har siddet fast i det danske asylsystem i tre år og derover. Amnesti-kravet var begrundet med, at Danmarks regering har ødelagt disse menneskers liv ved at fastholde dem i årevis (op til 10 år eller mere) i danske asylcentre i nedbrydende uvished og passivitet. Et amnestikrav, som vi fortsat holder fast i, for det er fortsat vores ansvar at forsøge at give disse asylansøgere et liv i tryghed ved en amnesti nu.
Initiativet samlede i løbet af 2006/07 90.469 underskrifter til fordel for amnesti for ovennævnte målgruppe. Underskrifterne blev den 23.10.2007 afleveret til Hendes Majestæt Dronningen, til daværende integrationsminister Rikke Hvilshøj samt til Folketingets integrationsudvalg.
Næsten 100.000.danskere bakkede således med deres underskrift op om, at de stod bag kravet fra Amnesti Nu om amnesti til de dengang o. 850 flygtninge, som i 2006-07 havde siddet i danske asylcentre i mere end 3 år.
Der sidder stadig asylansøgere fast i det danske system i
årevis, da de ikke kan tilbagesendes, og det er gang på gang dokumenteret,
hvorledes disse mennesker bliver tiltagende svækket fysisk og psykisk som følge
af
4 års ventetid eller mere i det danske asylsystem under de ”udsendelsesfremmende foranstaltninger”, dvs uden ret til privatliv og familieliv, bevægelsesfrihed, uddannelse og arbejde, tilstrækkelig levestandard samt sundhed, medfører en ophobning af livsindskrænkninger med tab af fysisk og psykisk sundhed samt vitale evner og færdigheder til følge.
Amnesti Nu mener, der med de lange opholdstider er tale om krænkelse af basale menneskerettigheder jf. FN´s Verdenserklæring om Menneskerettigheder VI – artikel 22 – 27.
Anbefaling: de asylansøgere, som det ikke har været muligt at sende hjem inden for de første tre år, tilbydes opholdstilladelse i Danmark.
Den 6. november 2010
På vegne af Amnesti Nu www.amnesti-nu.dk
Toni Liversage
Reporting for The Universal Periodic
Review of Denmark,
2nd May 2011, 11th session of the Working Group under the
UN Human Rights Council “Amnesti Nu”
Three-hundred-thirty-seven
(337) rejected asylum seekers live in the Danish asylum system under conditions
that violate their basic human rights according to the UN Universal Declaration
on Human Rights IV.
“Amnesti Nu” [Amnesty Now] bases this assertion on report
no. 6/2009 of the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Rejected asylum seekers
and other foreign nationals in removal position in Denmark, in which the
Institute has investigated and analysed the living conditions of the rejected
asylum seekers in terms of the principles enshrined in the UDHR.
The
Institute points out that the rejected asylum seekers live under limitations which, over time, may lead to violations of their
human rights in concrete instances. Examples of such limitations include
restrictions of the right to a private life and family life, of the right to
personal freedom and freedom of movement, of the right to work, of the right to
education, of the right to an adequate standard of living, and even of the
right to healthcare.
“Amnesti Nu” was formed in September 2006 with the aim to
work for amnesty for the rejected asylum seekers who have been stranded in the
Danish asylum system for three years or more. These rejected asylum seekers are
to be granted amnesty because the Danish government has ruined their lives by
keeping them for years (10 years or more) in Danish asylum centres, where they
are subject to destructive uncertainty and passivity. We continue to demand
this because it is still our responsibility to try to give these asylum seekers
a safe and secure life through amnesty now.
During
2006/07, the initiative collected 90,469 signatures in support of
amnesty for the above target group. The signatures were handed over to Her
Majesty the Queen of Denmark, to the then Minister of Integration, Rikke Hvilshøj, and to the
Integration Committee of the Danish Parliament on 23 October 2007.
With their
signatures almost 100,000 Danes supported the demand from “Amnesti
Nu” for amnesty to the then more than 850 refugees who in 2006-07 had been in
the Danish asylum centres for more than three years.
Asylum
seekers still remain stranded in the Danish system for years because they cannot
be repatriated. Time and again it has been documented how these people are physically
and psychologically weakened due to the long waiting in uncertainty and suspense.
Figures from the Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs from
16 August 2010 reveal that 172 rejected asylum seekers have been in the Danish
asylum centres for 2-4 years, and a further 337 rejected asylum seekers have
been in the centres for 4 years or more. During its visit to Denmark in 2008,
the LIBE Committee (Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs,
European Parliament) indeed criticized the inhumanely long delays.
Four years
or more of waiting in the Danish asylum system under the so-called “measures for
the encouragement of repatriation” means four years or more without the right
of private or family life, without being able to enjoy the freedom of movement,
education or work, without an adequate standard of living and healthcare. Being stranded in the system means restrictions that can damage
physical and psychological health as well as reduce vital abilities and
capabilities.
“Amnesti Nu” finds that the
results of long periods of waiting violate basic human rights according to the
UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights VI, Articles 22-27.
Recommendation: The asylum seekers who cannot be
repatriated within three years after arrival should be offered a residence
permit in Denmark.
6 November 2010
For Amnesti Nu (www.amnesti-nu.dk)
Lisbeth Algreen – Nanna Carlsen – Gerd Gottlieb – Tove Krag – Toni Liversage (contact person)
Toni Liversage
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