A Roma family originating from Kosovo had lived in Germany since 1999. Despite the serious illness of the mother, the whole family was deported in early December to Kosovo. Just a month later, the mother died of a brain haemorrhage. The mother's own specialist doctor had diagnosed her as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and neuralgia. Due to these symptoms, she received regular medication and therapy with the support of the Caritas organisation. The local administration in Mayen-Koblenz ordered the deportation of the family. The Trier Administrative Court then upheld the deportation. Mrs. T. was also examined at Düsseldorf Airport by a doctor.
According to the lawyer of the family, the court in Trier upheld her deportation, although the court was fully aware of her condition. "Ignoring humanitarian grounds for denying the deportation, the court preferred instead to rely on thoroughly erroneous information from the German Foreign Office that the woman would be referred to specialists in Kosovo and given immediate treatment. In fact, the conditions on the ground in Pristina were very different. Any claim by German authorities that they could not have anticipated such a lack of medical facilities in Kosovo is completely untenable."
Source: World Socialist Website