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IN THE USA, GERMAN FAMILY RECEIVES ASYLUM FROM PERSECUTION

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IN THE USA, GERMAN FAMILY RECEIVES ASYLUM FROM PERSECUTION

By Kevin Stoda, Wiesbaden

This week a

U.S. Court
granted a German family from Hessen the right to asylum in the USA. The family had fled Germany two years ago under threat of jailing and separation of parents from their children in the name of a school law that undermines the freedom of choice.




The Washington Post noted Tuesday, "The decision clears the way for Uwe Romeike (roh-MY-kee), his wife and five children to stay in Morristown, Tenn., where they have been living since 2008. Romeike says his family was persecuted for their evangelical Christian beliefs and for homeschooling their children in Germany, where school attendance is compulsory. When the Romeikes wouldn't comply with repeated orders to send the children to school, police came to their home one October morning in 2006 and took the children to school. German state constitutions require children to attend public or private schools and parents can face fines or prison time if they don't comply."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/26/AR2010012603298.html

The Washington Post also reported, "In November 2007, Germany's highest appellate court ruled that, in severe cases, social services officials could remove children from their parents. After that decision, Romeike said, "We knew we had to leave the country.'"

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