When the government decided to evacuate 14 of the Danish children and their mothers from the Syrian detention camps, five Danish children were left behind because their mothers had had their citizenship administratively revoked.
Only if the mothers agreed to be separated from them would the children be able to return to Denmark – alone.
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In March 2023, the Danish Supreme Court ruled that withdrawing the citizenship from the mother of two of the Danish children in the al-Roj detention camp was illegal.
The government has since offered to evacuate the family, but so far, she has decided to stay in Syria with her children. She cannot comprehend the consequences for her two children when she gets taken into custody in Denmark.
In one of the other cases from October 2022, the Supreme Court ruled that the Ministry of Immigration and Integration’s decision to revoke a woman’s Danish citizenship by naturalization while she was detained in Syria was valid.
In May 2023, the Danish government reached a political compromise, which meant that she subsequently could return to Denmark with her two young children after almost five years of imprisonment in Syria.
Jonas' mother and aunt's case on citizenship has been appealed to the High Court.
As of October 2019, it has been possible for the Minister of Immigration and Integration to administratively strip away Danish citizenship from people with dual citizenship. The deprivation can occur if the minister reckons that the person has caused damage to the nation’s vital interests.
An administrative deprivation means it appears outside the courts and you are informed digitally of the removal. After the law was implemented, 12 people had their citizenship removed administratively. Seven of them have complained through lawsuits.
(SOURCE: UIM, ft.dk, DR Nyheder)