Fine for stopping a flight to prevent the expulsion of a refugee – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

A court in Gothenburg (West Sweden) fined 3,000 kroner (€ 286) to a Swedish woman who had stolen a flight to avoid the expulsion of an Afghan asylum seeker part of a viral event.

Elin Ersson, 21, was on a flight from Gothenburg to Istanbul on July 23 and refused to sit at her seat when the plane was due to take off until the day was over. Man be expelled, while retransmitting live the demonstration. social networks.

She and the asylum seeker were eventually expelled from the plane, which took off an hour and a half after the scheduled time.

The decision rejected Ersson 's argument that he had not committed any punishable act, since the order he had received did not come directly from the commander of the company. aircraft, but of the crew, and that his protest was in accordance with the law.

"The court finds that it is proven that the commander decided that the pbadengers would sit in their seats before take-off and that the woman understood that it was the case and did not respect the rules." orders, it violated the laws on aviation, "says the judgment.

The decision points out that the crime is not yet so serious "that a fine is not a sufficient punishment", according to the test of the prosecutor's office, which required 14 days in prison.

Ersson acknowledged that he had embarked on the belief that a young Afghan whose asylum application had been rejected and who was to be deported was in the aircraft.

When he discovered that he was acting well from someone else, also from Afghanistan, but in the same situation, he decided to 39 go ahead with the demonstration.