this week stories. germany and the letter of the law. somalia a long way home. but 1st to the usa where many migrant families live in fear of being caught and separated by to partition raids. at a family in their washington d.c. but a sought sanctuary in a church. like most parents who has a good yet is lopez couldn't imagine being forced to leave the children but as an undocumented immigrant her greatest fear is a realistic one rosa fled violence in el salvador 13 years ago now she's facing deportation her 3 children were born in a little less our youngest son john has down's syndrome and she's worried he wouldn't receive the same care in el salvador and so over the past 8 months she's been seeking sanctuary here at cedar lane unitarian universalist church in

washington d.c. living apart from her children during the week so they can still attend their school. when they got with the hc it was hard telling my kids that i had to seek refuge in a trick i couldn't go back to my country and leave them here and i also couldn't take them because i would be putting them in danger they could be killed criminal gangs there recruit children from the age of 10. and if they refuse. they kill their health and not get in i'm up. roses deportation was ordered off to she missed an early immigration hearing when i say jones tracked her down they fitted with a monitoring bracelet and ordered her to leave the country. it was hard for me and i think. that quoted i'm with you all the way i don't know what they want to deport me because i missed a court session but that doesn't make us criminals. or. isn't the law

says that the man with. reverend abby jerram and she hopes that ice agents will avoid entering places of worship the church is now one of 50 religious communities offering sanctuary. the church has also started an information campaign preparing undocumented immigrants for deportation raids and how to avoid arrest mainly by refusing to open the door. let us once again that the community is not backing down or holding vigils so that rosa know they will protect her even if the champ administration is taking a different stance soon. germany is tightening its deportation laws those clean political persecution are still greater protection but one asylum requests are turned down people are being forced out of the country more quickly and with more extreme measures than used to be the

case. at munich's airport a dozen nigerian nationals are taken to a chartered plane for deportation. 5 people on the passenger list are missing they may have gone into hiding 12 migrants board the aircraft accompanied by 3 times as many police officers. officer christiane has been on many such deportation flights he says repatriation amounts to a personal crisis for migrants many are desperate some even injure themselves at the last minute to try and avoid deportation as i remember the moments in the bios are always on my worry about it i wonder how things are going to work out for them are these but then i figure if we're sitting in the plane with them that a proper legal process is being carried out to me in the my voice or. somebody who's from senegal could be deported next he has lived in and around munich for 5

years. his asylum application was turned down he knows the rules for deportation are getting stricter and a lengthy detention is possible. is a feel for all of us let's not leave because we are not see if we are to see. what to what we think. we haven't got money i think if someone don't know what is problem we don't fight so i think is would be to those people. some get support from an n.g.o.s munich a refugee council that helps him when he deals with officials and needs legal advice the refugee council is critical of the new deportation that yle asians. this is no longer a matter of an individual's fate but the families are split up all whether the person is sick this is a matter of carrying out to potations for the sake of raising the statistics scientistic good. authority to see things differently those in detention at this

temporary facility at munich airport are legally required to be deported every case has been reviewed by a judge. so it's not only criminals who are detained in the worst cases people who have committed minor violations such as signing a document too late could also be deported. that sometimes makes officers like google meyer think twice even if they trust the system cougar meyer thinks abuse of officials who accompany deportees such as spitting and biting is on the rise and witnessing deportees inflicting injury on themselves is stressful. the migrants from nigeria have long since landed back home for the time being they may not return to germany their dream is over. the number of arab women seeking refuge from their abusive families has jumped in

recent years often they go into hiding abroad to avoid being discovered and forced to return the latest case involves 2 sisters from saudi arabia who fled to istanbul but life in exile is still marked by fear. all they do and i have seen so far of use like this and changing hotel rooms the 2 are hiding from their family we can't say where they are because they are afraid of being found. 222 persisted 20 when her father took them to istanbul for a holiday they decided to run away to escape years of filings and repression they say koreans are no no reason they are. if they ask something or want something and they say no i can't refuse treatment when they forced me to wear hijab when i was like. so i can say no of course

if i say no they will beat me so hot they took the decision to escape to us says when her father wanted to marry her off it was their last chance. and my father had told me i have friends of my. he have 2 wife and he want me to be the 3rd one. asking about his age he told me that he's one of the 50 and they don't care about their age and when i told him as. he told me you can't say not. at all if. their marriage you are not muslims. and is escape is not an isolated case again and again saudi women try to flee from their families when traveling abroad. just earlier this year that i have mohammad made

headlines for days the 19 year old saudi woman barricaded herself in a hotel room in bangkok the united nations finally recognized her status as a refugee and are not facing deportation to saudi arabia at the moment turkish authorities have granted them temporary protection their men are ging to make ends meet with donations still receive but as long as there is no long term solution they feel very much under threat. of course i always look at the window and when they go. for a year or are they like try too hard and. change our place every couple of days we change. i'm afraid someone know their place so most. of my father searching for us.

soon. will change their location again. where they will wait and hope they can reach safety before their family finds them. now to the somalia port city of his mail which was liberated from al-shabaab insurgent forces back in 2012 in recent years life has come back to the city and its population has doubled but the wounds of the past still run deep you spoke with 2 female returning is hoping to rebuild their futures. nowadays not to and some modest living cooking food and selling and her very own now home country of somalia but for most of her life 34 year old was a refugee in africa's largest refugee camp 300 kilometers away from here in kenya.

i was born and brought few gee camp i grew up in the camp i lived there until i got here our father died our mother died there i made it here. not as husband was killed by the islamist extremists upon her return to somalia as a widow and sole carer for her 12 children know to was one of the lucky ones who was selected by regional authorities to live in a settlement on the outskirts of kismayo free housing and some services like basic health care provided i would notice still struggles to support her children. we have to do with me do what my son is now 17 years old he's a student here if he gets to university i don't think i'll be able to pay for it on some days. oh.

i'm struggling to just feed my children who are all friends. sarah is also one of the $53000.00 returning refugees sent back to somalia with just $200.00 u.s. dollars and a 6 month basic service package from your name. she was not provided with housing instead she had to build herself attend. well there are parts of somalia continue to take steps towards peaceful recovery resources are lacking and ongoing violence has paralyzed efforts to support those most in need but the resilience of somali women fuels that determination to carry on despite all the hardship. oh yeah but somehow to all that you have to be strong i that this after watching my husband reach out to me as he was being tailed be that as it may there is nothing i haven't seen him is just you know it was so good but it was just walk on. zahra and

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