Along with 22 other non-profit organisation, W.O.M.E.N. asked the minister for a meeting yesterday. A historically large group of NGOs came together for an emergency meeting. Christina Milcher, vice-chair and Marion Poilvez, treasurer, were there.
Christina Milcher, our vice-chair, spoke on behalf of W.O.M.E.N.:
“As women of foreign origin living in the gender paradise of Iceland, we know that some women are more equal than others. By suppressing all services to victims of human trafficking, you leave them with 3 choices: to live on the streets in Iceland and be exposed to more violence and abuse, go back to their trafficker or go back home and be punished. Your actions are worsening the situation of women of foreign origin in Iceland. Our question is: are we all next? We demand that you take into consideration gender issues in asylum decisions and that you restore services to asylum seekers immediately.”
See the full video here in Icelandic (Christina Milcher – 18:50)hér
Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister of Social Affairs, answers in the meeting of 23 NGOs on the issue of refugees who have been denied the right to services after the final refusal of international protection in the Salvation Army’s home.
