A failed asylum seeker and former member of the Islamic State (ISIS) terror organisation should have been deported back to his homeland Tajikistan—but a court in the western German city of Münster ordered the deportation to be halted after the man threatened to injure himself.
The case highlights how liberal courts in Europe are prioritising the so-called human rights of dangerous criminals over the well-being of their own citizens, thereby opposing the legitimate anti-immigration steps of governments.
The 39-year-old man, identified as Mukhammadsaid S., had been sentenced to five years in prison in 2017 for being a member of ISIS. He had admitted to taking the oath of allegiance to ISIS in Syria and had completed combat training. He had learned how to use an AK-47 rifle, hand grenades, and rocket-propelled grenades.
After serving his sentence, he was supposed to have been taken into custody on Monday, February 24th, to be deported, but the man tried to prevent this by cutting himself with a knife in the stomach and then holding the knife to his neck. After about three hours, the police finally persuaded him to surrender.
The following day, the migrant filed an urgent application to the court in Münster to suspend his deportation, and the court willingly obliged. It ruled that no one, not even criminals, may be deported to a country where their life could be in danger.
Centre-right CDU politician Olaf Gericke said the case highlights “how difficult the legal situation makes it to deport criminals or convicted terrorists from Germany.”
German daily Bild questioned whether “the security of a convicted ISIS terrorist” was indeed “more important than that of the population?”
The failure to deport the criminal comes on the heels of a similar case: a Syrian man, who came to Germany ten years ago and was granted protection status, has been allowed to stay despite committing a myriad of crimes.
The repeat offender smashed the windows of 245 cars, attacked and injured an 84-year-old woman, possessed illegal weapons, and drove several times without a driver’s license. He has already been convicted eight times.
The leftist state government in Hamburg said that anyone holding subsidiary protection status may only be expelled if there are “compelling reasons” that they threaten national security or public order—which, in their minds, multiple convictions apparently do not constitute.
A dissenting voice of common sense came from Dirk Nockemann of the right-wing AfD party, who said, “multiple offenders must have their protection status revoked. Anyone who abuses our hospitality in such a way must be deported.”