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<\/a><\/p>\nChris Pleasance \u2013 Mail Online Dec 20, 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\nA Swedish judge has refused to deport two Eritrean migrants convicted of aggravated rape because they are military deserters and will face punishment if they are sent back.<\/span><\/p>\nThe men, aged 30 and 32, were convicted in a Stockholm court this week of raping the woman for hours in an apartment in the city while threatening her with a knife.<\/span><\/p>\nThe pair were sentenced to five years in jail and ordered to pay the victim \u00a311,000 each, and prosecutors also requested they be deported for a minimum of 15 years<\/span><\/p>\nBut the court ruled against it after a migration board warned they would face obstacles over human rights concerns.<\/span><\/p>\nThe pair have been living in Sweden for several years and have been granted refugee status by the government, according to local news site Aftonbladet<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\nThe migration board found that both men were military deserters who had left Eritrea illegally.<\/span><\/p>\nIf returned, the UN warns that deserters face arbitrary detention, extrajudicial punishment and conscription that amounts to forced labour.<\/span><\/p>\nEritrea also has a long-standing shoot-to-kill policy against those found fleeing the country illegally.<\/span><\/p>\nThe\u00a0European Court of Justice recently ruled <\/strong><\/a><\/span>that EU member states cannot deport refugees provided they can prove there is a threat to life if they return home.<\/span><\/p>\nOne of the men also has family living in Sweden, which is often used as an argument against deportation in such cases.<\/span><\/p>\n
The men, aged 30 and 32, were convicted in a Stockholm court this week of raping the woman for hours in an apartment in the city while threatening her with a knife.<\/span><\/p>\n The pair were sentenced to five years in jail and ordered to pay the victim \u00a311,000 each, and prosecutors also requested they be deported for a minimum of 15 years<\/span><\/p>\n But the court ruled against it after a migration board warned they would face obstacles over human rights concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n The pair have been living in Sweden for several years and have been granted refugee status by the government, according to local news site Aftonbladet<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n The migration board found that both men were military deserters who had left Eritrea illegally.<\/span><\/p>\n If returned, the UN warns that deserters face arbitrary detention, extrajudicial punishment and conscription that amounts to forced labour.<\/span><\/p>\n Eritrea also has a long-standing shoot-to-kill policy against those found fleeing the country illegally.<\/span><\/p>\n The\u00a0European Court of Justice recently ruled <\/strong><\/a><\/span>that EU member states cannot deport refugees provided they can prove there is a threat to life if they return home.<\/span><\/p>\n One of the men also has family living in Sweden, which is often used as an argument against deportation in such cases.<\/span><\/p>\n