Germany to Deport Ay Family; Kurds Held in Dungavel to Be Sent 'Home'

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A FAMILY of Kurdish asylum-seekers from Turkey who were detained in Scotland for more than a year have had their application to remain in Germany rejected.

The decision means the Ay children - Beriwan, 15, Newroz, 14, Dilovan, 12, and Medya, eight - will be sent "home" to a country in which they have never set foot and where, according to human rights organisations, Kurds still face abuse, repression, and denial of their culture.

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Germany to Deport Ay Family; Kurds Held in Dungavel to Be Sent 'Home'

The children are effectively stateless - two were born in Germany and two in Greece - but the family's applications for asylum in those countries, as well as the UK, wer...

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