Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi has claimed that a German official at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) denied her permission to go back to Germany, where she is a legally approved refugee.
In a statement on her official social media accounts on Saturday, May 24, Nyanzi claimed that a German International Labour Organisation (ILO) official denied her permission to board her flight, despite her displaying the necessary documentation to show that she is a legal refugee in Germany.
The official, according to Nyanzi, claims that she is 'not a refugee in Germany' and that not even the documents, which have been approved by the Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF), can convince him otherwise. The official, according to Nyanzi, said that she must reapply for re-entry to Germany.
"As a Ugandan refugee in Germany, I’m shocked that I have been denied re-entry into Germany by the German ILO in Nairobi, called Constantine. Not only that, but Constantine has also denied me permission to board Etihad Airways this evening at JKIA," Nyanzi stated.
"Constantine has declared that I am NOT a refugee in Germany. Despite showing the positive decision of Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF), which firmly states that I am a refugee in Munich, he asserts I have not yet received a decision on my application. Germans!!" she added.
According to Nyanzi, who labelled the official as inhumane, she was left stranded at the airport, with nowhere to go. Nyanzi said that she will head to the German Embassy in Nairobi, where the official works, to raise the issue.
"I have Saturday and Sunday to burn in Nairobi as I try to find my way to the German embassy where this Constantine works. Sometimes I hate the dehumanisation of being a refugee dependent on other humans to decide whether I can go to my home or not!" Nyanzi stated.
This comes two days after Ugandan journalist and activist Agather Atuhaire, who was detained by Tanzanian Authorities alongside Kenya's Boniface Mwangi earlier last week, was found abandoned at the Mutukula border between Uganda and Tanzania.
Hussein Khalid, the CEO of VOCAL Africa, confirmed the release of Agather, explaining that her condition was not good.
"Tortured, injured, broken body but determined spirit. Agather has been found. They must pay for what they did to Boniface Mwangi and Agather. Justice must be done and seen to have been done," Khalid said.
Recounting her experience, Agather, who was found in Mutukula on Friday, May 23, claimed that she was tortured and mistreated by Tanzanian authorities during her time in detention.
“When 5 mean-looking men and one woman pushed us into a very dark car, they violently blindfolded us, and drove off, I thought it was over! Anyway, I will say more later,” Agather explained.
The Ugandan Activist was found a day after Boniface Mwangi was also found alive in Ukunda, on Thursday, May 22, in bad condition after being detained in Tanzania for more than three days.
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