Roma Family under the Shelter of the Church Hamburg / Germany (RNN Agency) 15.04.1998
Glinde: The Church in Glinde has granted asylum to a family of six from former Yugoslavia, in order to prevent their deportation back to Yugoslavia. This subject makes headlines: Do some brave people stand for human rights of persecuted refugees, as the Ch urch says? Or try the authorities and the Church to get over the laws, setting a bad example by this? Mika and Dilawer Daferowski live in Germany since 10 years. Their appeals for asylum (1988 and 1991) were rejected.
Vicar Jürgen Probst, his parish council, and many citizens of Glinde fight for the acceptance of the family as stateless persons. The parish circle and the parish council give support to the vicar.
On the other hand the CDU- delegate Uwe Eichelberg has reported this case to the police. This rigid action means for the Daferowski family that they are only allowed to stay on the ground of the Church.
The Church has called in a lawyer specialist and has filed a suit before the Administrative Court in Schleswig.
"We do not question the constitutional state, but there is also something like a Christian human right", says Probst.