Farah Demir is more important than ever in the Corona crisis and could still be deported soon.
The intensive care nurse has lived in Germany for more than 30 years.
Hanover - It is
needed more urgently than ever
in the
corona crisis
and should still be deported (* FR reported).
The case of the 36-year-old
nurse Farah Demir
caused a stir nationwide.
The stateless woman has lived in
Germany
for 34 years
and still has no
ID
.
And the authorities have set her a deadline: if she
can
not show a
passport by
December 20,
the young woman faces serious consequences.
In the worst case, even
deportation
.
At the age of two, Demir and her parents fled the civil war in Lebanon * in 1986, and she has been
stateless
since then
.
The Residence Act defines today's
nurse
as a “tolerated person with unclear identity”.
Due to her birth certificate from
Lebanon
, Demir still had an unlimited
residence permit
until 2005
, as
focus.de
writes.
Nurse in the corona crisis: Fled from Lebanon and only tolerated for decades
However, from a letter of petition it emerges that this
birth certificate
could not be officially registered in Lebanon due to the state structures.
The
nurse
's permanent residence permit was
only
withdrawn
after a "change in the processing of the responsible immigration authorities"
.
Since 2005, their
tolerance
has been extended every six months.
Farah Demir
is currently allowed to stay in Germany until the end of 2020.
So far, the extension of the tolerance has been handled as a formality, but now the
Hamelin
immigration office
wants
to see papers by December 20th
confirming the woman's
identity
.
Farah Demir: Medical college advocates nurse
As a little girl,
Farah Demir
and her family came
to the Federal Republic of Germany
via the
GDR
.
After graduating from high school, she trained as a
specialist nurse.
The 36-year-old now works in the
corona intensive care unit of
the
Hannover Medical School
(MHH) and is urgently needed there in the fight against the
corona
virus * - and yet she is threatened with deportation.
The MHH is now committed to its
nurse
.
The
staff council
has launched an online petition aimed at Federal Interior Minister
Horst Seehofer
(CSU).
The aim of the petition is to obtain a permanent residence permit for the
nurse.
However
, the immigration authorities deny
that deportation of the
nurse is an
issue or even planned.
“The Duldung is currently not lifted, the stay is still tolerated.
So there is no threat of deportation. ”However, it is currently unclear what will happen if the deadline for
Farah Demir
passes
on December 20th and she cannot
provide
any
proof of identity
.
* FR.de
is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.