Icelandic police dragged two asylum seekers of Middle Eastern origin out of a church in Reykjavik that had provided them sanctuary. Almost thirty people were inside the church when police arrived at midnight. The group had formed a circle around the church altar. "The police came, we explained why we were there, and they explained that they had rules to follow and nothing would change that. Then they were led, or dragged across the church floor," says Tómasdóttir. She says that she was not surprised that this happened but that many people who witnessed this were shocked and sad to see the young men removed from the altar and dragged forcefully into police vehicles. The two men were deported from Iceland under the terms of EU's Dublin Regulation and are being sent to Norway. "Norway sends refugees back to South Iraq despite international agreements, to a zone they consider safe. But it's quite easy to prove that that is simply not true. We are protesting against the government policy which seems to be to send these people away as if they were on a conveyor belt."
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