IUSY strongly condemns the planned mass deportation of recognised refugees to Greece and other countries by the Icelander government led by the Left-Green Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir.

These mass deportations of refugees will be the largest in the Iceland’s history, many of whom have already assimilated to Icelandic life and want to live a peaceful life in Iceland, a life they were unable to obtain in their native countries.

These planned deportations are not legally and fall directly under the responsibility of the Justice Department led by Minister of Justice, Jón Gunnarsson, who holds the ultimate executive power in matters of immigration. The Parliament of Iceland also has the power to prevent this potential humanitarian catastrophe.

Furthermore, the deportation of children and persons with disabilities are in violation with the CRC and the CRPD by putting the lives of these children and vulnerable individuals at risk by sending them to refugee camps in Greece, or on the street, where adequate and vital services are not guaranteed.

This disregard of the CRC particularly is in direct violation of Icelandic law since the CRC has already been ratified and incorporated as domestic law.

The government of Katrín Jakobsdóttir has a moral and legal obligation to help these individuals. It is certainly within its power to do so.