[ADURO] Iceland’s minister in trouble over Nigerian asylum seekers

•Tony Omos (right) and Evelyn Joseph.

Allegations of mishandling asylum applications by Nigerians in Iceland are threatening the career of the country’s Interior Minister Hanna Birna Kristjansdottir.
Iceland’s Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjansdottir is facing increasing pressure over alleged involvement in the leak of documents aimed at slandering a Nigerian asylum seeker, Tony Omos, and a woman claiming to be pregnant with his unborn child, Evelyn Joseph.

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Two separate charges have been filed against Kristjansdottir after a document originating from the ministry was leaked to selected media outlets at the end of November. The document claimed Omos was under investigation in relation to human trafficking and that he was pressuring Joseph to pretend the unborn child was his. Two major dailies published the allegation and both hinted at the man’s laxity with women.
Kristjansdottir has, on three separate occasions, had to answer for the document in parliament, one of which was before the parliament’s Constitutional and Supervisory Committee. She has, however, consistently dodged questions by DV, an Iceland publication that has over the past two months relentlessly covered the matter.
The Nation can reveal that a formal request for a special standing in the Icelandic parliament on the matter was filed in December but has yet to attract the interest of the leader of parliament and has not been formally added to the agenda. The leader, like the minister, is a member of the conservative party. A special standing on the matter will be a blow for Kristjansdottir as she might be forced to hand over documents on the matter to the parliament, which, in turn, could demand a public inquiry into her actions.

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