Reykjavík Grapevine - 03.06.2016, Page 2

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Issue 7 — 2016
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SECRET SOLSTICE P:20
Is Sturla Atlas ready to take on the world?
+ The fresh Icelandic faces at the festival
FEATURE
DEPORTATIONS OF
ASYLUM SEEKERS P:16
Paul Fontaine writes about the harsh reality of Eze Okafor
+ Interview: What it’s like to be a transman
ANALYSIS
EVEN MORE SOLSTICE
We interviewed Alvia Islandia and Auður
+ Straumur, Track of the Issue & more
MUSIC
ALL ABOUT GRÍMSEY P:60
It’s remote and it’s more beautiful than ever!
+ Day trippin’ in Reykjanes
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The hot button of this issue is depor-
tations. This contentious subject has
been particularly visible lately, espe-
cially as it relates to the case of Nige-
rian asylum seeker Eze Okafor. After
four years in Iceland, the Immigra-
tion Appeals Board gave Eze their of-
ficial opinion that he could no longer
be deported under the terms of the
Dublin Regulation, and that he should
ask the Directorate of Immigration to
re-examine his case. Upon doing so,
though, he was arrested and put on a
plane to Sweden. By the time you read
this, he may be back in Nigeria, where
he faces almost certain persecution
from Boko Haram. The case has raised
questions about what purpose the
Immigration Appeals Board serves,
the competence of the Directorate of
Immigration, and the arbitrary na-
ture of deportations from Iceland in
general. It is for this reason that de-
portations are this issue’s hot button.

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