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Germany: Asylum for Christian minority?

01 May 1995

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On 25 April the German Supreme Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) ruled that the minority Syrian-orthodox Christian community suffer persecution in Turkey, a decision which - in theory at least - considerably increases their chances of gaining political asylum in Germany. Lower courts had already come to the same conclusion, but in each case the Federal Commissioner for Asylum Affairs had intervened to appeal against the verdict. This final success for the Syrian-orthodox community could mean that "all asylum cases still pending should get a positive decision", according to Sigrid Tepfer, the lawyer representing Mr Binyamin Aykurt, the refugee who originally brought the case. Berlin Anti-Racist Information Network.

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