To expel persons from a country, it is enough for the state to have reasons to consider that these persons pose particular threats, even if these committed no offence or violation, jurist Vitalie Catană was quoted by IPN as saying in the talk show “Fabrika” on Publika TV channel, IPN reports.
“The reasons go beyond the human rights framework and what we call common law, either the penal law or the contravention law. It is an area where the state has the right to remove persons from its territory only based on signals that justify the suppositions of involvement of these persons in activities that pose a risk. The given persons could have committed no offense or violation of the law. It is enough for the state to have reasons to consider these a threat,” stated Vitalie Catană.
According to him, terrorism does not mean only an act itself. It is a whole network and a mechanism where a part deals with the provision of resources, while others deal with logistics and preparations and there is ultimately the person who commits the act of terrorism. This chain also includes those who didn’t commit violations and the states thus considered they should have mechanisms by which they could defend themselves from such activities by means that would not seriously infringe on human rights. “This is what the SIS did in the case of the seven expelled persons,” noted the jurist.
Director of the Resource Center for Human Rights Sergiu Ostaf said the Bureau of Migration and Asylum is the authority that takes decisions about the removal of a person from Moldova’s territory, but such decisions are made based on information collected by the Bureau and its officers or by the Security and Intelligence Service. “In both of the cases, the decision is communicated and is implemented within 24 hours. Surely, now the foreigner can challenge this decision, but the act does not result in the suspension of the decision,” explained Sergiu Ostaf.
Seven Turkish citizens, six of whom principals and teachers of the Moldovan-Turkish lyceum “Orizont”, last week were declared undesirable and expelled from Moldova. According to the SIS, the seven foreigners are suspected of links with an Islamic group that reportedly performs illegal activities in a number of states.
