(Yle) Finland will pause asylum seeker repatriations to Iraq following criticism by the European Court of Human Rights.
Police tweeted the news on Saturday, saying that the suspension does not cover convicted criminals.
Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo immediately took to Twitter, saying Finland will now have time to investigate the case of Ali, an Iraqi man who was denied asylum in 2017, deported to Iraq and killed a few weeks later.
Earlier this week, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Finland violated the European Convention on Human Rights in Ali’s case on the point that everyone has the right to life.
