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The government’s hardline continues: Nadine lost her citizenship over a Facebook comment, and now police are considering deporting her, separating her from her young daughters, aged three and five.

The police launch deportation proceedings against woman from Funen

The Prime Minister has pressured the police and prosecution to charge citizens with glorification of terrorism. Nadine was acquitted but lost her citizenship and will later appear in the High Court, facing the threat of deportation. Arkivfoto Miriam Dalsgaard
The Prime Minister has pressured the police and prosecution to charge citizens with glorification of terrorism. Nadine was acquitted but lost her citizenship and will later appear in the High Court, facing the threat of deportation. Arkivfoto Miriam Dalsgaard
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The police in Fyn have launched an investigation to determine if the 29-year-old Nadine can be expelled from Denmark due to a comment she posted on Politiken’s Facebook page expressing sympathy for Palestinians in the Gaza conflict.

The case has escalated following a request from the Public Prosecutor in Copenhagen, despite Fyn’s police initially deciding to drop it. This has led to the Agency of Family Law, prompted by government intervention, revoking Nadine’s Danish citizenship which she received in 2006 after being adopted by a Danish man.

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