Nazi Germany

On July 19, Zaid Abdul Nasser, a Palestinian refugee from Syria who has been living in Berlin since 2017, received a letter in the mail. It was a notice from Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) alerting him that his refugee status was set to be rescinded and his protection by the BAMF terminated.
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The decision to withdraw Abdul Nasser’s status was due to what the BAMF called “extremist activities” — namely, his activism with the Palestinian advocacy group Samidoun, an international network of activists working to build solidarity with the struggle of Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli jails. Samidoun, which organizes protests and other awareness-raising campaigns, has faced persistent accusations of “extremism” and connections with terrorist groups, despite no evidence of such.
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Abdul Nasser’s lawyer, Nadija Samour, told +972 that if the German state is successful, Abdul nasser would be forced into duldungstatus, or “toleration status;” this means he would no longer have the rights of a recognized refugee, but that the authorities would not be allowed to deport him to Syria.
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“While in Germany, I’ve been a student, received my degrees, published an academic paper, and I’m now working in my profession as an electrical engineer,” said Abdul Nasser. “For the state, this of course is irrelevant. A Palestinian refugee must first and foremost relinquish his Palestinian history and reality: everything else is nothing but minor details. This happens while the state continues to demonize refugees and blame them for its failures.”
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