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Germany: Death during deportation

01 May 1999

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A Sudanese man, Aamir Mohamed Ageeb, died during deportation from Frankfurt Airport. The man's hands and feet had been tied and his head encased in a motorcycle helmet; after being dragged onto the plane, he died of heart failure. In Austria the Interior Ministry is considering using motorcycle helmets during deportations, to stifle the cries of deportees and to stop them biting. The German Federal Minister of the Interior, Otto Schily, ordered a temporary halt to deportations in which the asylum seeker in question is likely to offer significant resistance. The German states governed by the Christlich Demokratischen Union or the Christlich-Soziale Union have condemned even this measure on the grounds that it would encourage violent resistance. The Bremen-based organisation Internationaler Menschenrechtsverein has condemned the death and has drawn attention to the fact that in spite of Schily's order, the Bavarian Minister of the Interior plans to deport another Sudanese asylum seeker, Mr Fathalrahman, on 19 July. Fathalrahman has already survived three deportation attempts, the last of which resulted in his being hospitalised because of near asphyxiation.

SchNEWS 18.6.99; Internationaler Menschenrechtsverein, Kornstrasse 51, 28201 Bremen, Germany.

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