Mohamed assaulted Åberg on Sept. 1, 2024, as she was walking home from work. Mohamed was charged and convicted and served three years in prison. However, the crime is not classified as an "exceptionally serious crime," which is what would be needed to pursue deportation.
"Rape is, in many cases, considered an exceptionally serious offense that could justify the deportation of a refugee. However, each case must be evaluated individually. Given the nature and duration of the incident, the court considers that it doesn’t constitute an exceptionally serious crime that warrants deportation," the court determined.
A Swedish attorney posting about the case clarified that the girl was walking home when a man started following her and talking to her. "He then grabbed her breasts, stuck his tongue in her mouth and penetrated her vagina with a finger. She managed to push him away and escape," the attorney wrote."
The court used the United Nation's 1951 rule on the protection and status of refugees to make their determination, The Daily Caller wrote. "The 1951 Convention provides the internationally recognized definition of a refugee and outlines the legal protection, rights and assistance a refugee is entitled to receive," the UN states.
Article 33 of that document, on the Prohibition of Expulsion or Return, reads, "No Contracting State shall expel or return ('refouler') a refugee in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers of territories where his life or freedom would be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, member- ship of a particular social group or political opinion.”
The article adds, "The benefit of the present provision may not, however, be claimed by a refugee whom there are reasonable grounds for regarding as a danger to the security of the country in which he is, or who, having been convicted by a final judgment of a particularly serious crime, constitutes a danger to the community of that country."
A 2018 report shows that 58 percent of all rapes perpetrated against women or attempted to be perpetrated in Sweden were not by Swedes, but by foreigners to that nation. Rape in Sweden is defined as any instance where a party does not give consent prior to the sexual encounter. Sweden has the highest number of rapes per capita in Europe, though that may be due to a greater willingness to report the offense.
