A 106-year-old Afghan woman who made a perilous journey to Europe, carried by her son and grandson through mountains, deserts and forests, is facing deportation from Sweden after her asylum application was rejected. Her family has appealed against the rejection, and she is allowed up to three appeals, a process that could take a long time. The Swedish Migration Agency confirmed it has made a decision on the case and said age doesn’t by itself provide grounds for asylum. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Uzbeki spent some time in the Opatovac refugee camp in Croatia during her long journey to Sweden from Afghanistan. Before their journey to Sweden, the family had been living illegally in Iran for eight years.

Source: The Guardian September 04, 2017 17:44 UTC