Scott
09-22-2007, 05:07 PM
U.S. family seeks political asylum in Finland
Family with three young kids will get answer in several months, officials say
Updated: 28 minutes ago
HELSINKI, Finland - An American family with three small children has applied for political asylum in Finland, immigration officials said Friday.
The five family members came to Finland on Tuesday from Germany, said Minna Serradj from the Directorate of Immigration.
?It?s very unusual for a U.S. citizen to apply for asylum,? Serradj said, declining to give details in line with a policy to protect asylum seekers. ?I don?t remember when we last had Americans applying.?
Serradj declined to comment on local media speculation that the parents possibly were seeking to escape serving in the U.S. armed forces in Iraq.
Read more: Here (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20913414)
They will be sent back to Germany then. The Dublin Guidlines for Asylum Seekers say that the country in which the Asylum Seeker enters the EU is the country which is responsible for them.
So bye bye Finland, welcome Germany.
I honestly dont think that they will be recognized as asylum seekers, cause there is no draft in the US. And once that happens they will be sent back to the US since they will probably have overstayed their tourist visa which is generally valid for 3 months.
Family with three young kids will get answer in several months, officials say
Updated: 28 minutes ago
HELSINKI, Finland - An American family with three small children has applied for political asylum in Finland, immigration officials said Friday.
The five family members came to Finland on Tuesday from Germany, said Minna Serradj from the Directorate of Immigration.
?It?s very unusual for a U.S. citizen to apply for asylum,? Serradj said, declining to give details in line with a policy to protect asylum seekers. ?I don?t remember when we last had Americans applying.?
Serradj declined to comment on local media speculation that the parents possibly were seeking to escape serving in the U.S. armed forces in Iraq.
Read more: Here (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20913414)
They will be sent back to Germany then. The Dublin Guidlines for Asylum Seekers say that the country in which the Asylum Seeker enters the EU is the country which is responsible for them.
So bye bye Finland, welcome Germany.
I honestly dont think that they will be recognized as asylum seekers, cause there is no draft in the US. And once that happens they will be sent back to the US since they will probably have overstayed their tourist visa which is generally valid for 3 months.