A Somali convict who was deported from Finland claims his home country is also threatening to deport him. The man was found guilty of multiple crimes in Finland, including several counts of violent crimes. He was the first Somali to be deported in nearly five years.
The man was sent to Hargesia, the capital of a relatively safe northern area called Somaliland. Somaliland, however, considers itself an independent nation.
According to the daily Helsingin Sanomat, the deported man told his lawyer that Somaliland says he has no right to be there.
His lawyer Pekka Kivi told the paper that he received an e-mail, supposedly from the Somaliland government, which says that since the deported man was born in Mogadishu, and not in Somaliland, he will be refused permission to stay. The e-mail went on to say that Finland acted illegally in delivering the convict to Somaliland without the government's permission.
Helsinki's immigration police say they doubt the man's claims are true.
"We've received no information that there were any problems with getting him into the country," says Commissioner of the Immigration Police Juha Holopainen. "He was admitted onto the plane, and we've received no word that he was turned away in Hargeisa."
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