Citing the Slovakian Interior Ministry, TASR (the News Agency of the Slovak Republic) reported on May 31 that a court affirmed the decision of the migration authority, according to which a man from Tajikistan previously deemed dangerous by the Slovak Security Council might be considered a threat to national security.
The Slovakian Interior Ministry reportedly underlined that the decision of the migration authority was assessed as correct and lawful. According to TASR, it was Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok who reported about the man in late March.
“In case of the Tajik national, the Kosice Administrative Court on May 30, 2024, turned down an appeal against the decision to cancel the provision of temporary asylum on the Slovak soil,” said the ministry.
In March, Sutaj Estok reported after an emergency session of the Security Council that an individual deemed dangerous to national security made it to Slovakia in 2022. The man originating from Tajikistan reportedly has a permanent residence in Ukraine. He was held in the Secovce detainment center during the proceedings on his extradition, TASR reported.
In his press statement, the interior minister said on March 25 that that national of Tajikistan was member of the Islamic State (IS) terror organization and reported that he was denied asylum.
That time, without naming name, Sutaj Estok reportedly stated that the Slovakian authorities had received information about that citizen of Tajikistan from the special services of two countries.
“Despite the fact that the police knew his identity and he was wanted by Interpol, the suspect moved freely throughout Slovakia,“ said the Slovakian interior minister. “He should have been arrested and sent back to Ukraine in 2022.”
