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The Associated Press first encountered Bibihal Uzbeki and her family in 2015, in...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eA 106-year-old Afghan woman who made a perilous journey to Europe is facing deportation from Sweden after her asylum application was rejected. \u003cbr/\u003e              The Associated Press first encountered Bibihal Uzbeki and her family in 2015, in a refugee camp in Croatia. \u003cbr/\u003e              The centenarian, from Kunduz, Afghanistan, had crossed from Serbia with a large group of refugees, including her son, grandson and other relatives.\u003cbr/\u003e              She told The AP she was 105 - though her age could not be independently verified as her documents were being processed by the Croatian police.\u003cbr/\u003e              Crossing mountains, deserts, seas and forests was dangerous and exhausting, even for people one-fifth her age.\u003cbr/\u003e              But after a month of travel, Uzbeki and her family finally reached their destination: Sweden.\u003cbr/\u003e              Nearly two years later, they are settled in the small, central town of Hova. \u003cbr/\u003e              But for the Uzbekis, there is still no happy ending. \u003cbr/\u003e              Her son and grandson and their families saw their asylum application denied in January.\u003cbr/\u003e              And this June, the now 106-year-old was equally rejected and could now face deportation back to Afghanistan. \u003cbr/\u003e              The family appealed the decisions, but say the stress was too much for the centenarian who had a stroke recently. \u003cbr/\u003e              One side of her body is now disabled, she can only eat soft food and can barely speak.\u003cbr/\u003e              At night, they say she struggles to sleep due to nightmares that someone is coming to kill her.\u003cbr/\u003e              Afghan asylum seekers face greater difficulties compared to Syrians as the Swedish Migration Agency argues that parts of Afghanistan are safe.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"They (Swedish authorities) told us it's true that there is an ongoing war in Afghanistan and it's not safe, however that's not going to help you secure asylum, you should have a specific and clear enemy,\" sayss Uzbeki's grandson, 22-year-old Mohammed.\u003cbr/\u003e              In a written statement, the Migration Agency said that a decision had been made \"regarding an expulsion in this case, but it has been appealed\". \u003cbr/\u003e              It said it could not provide details about specific cases, but added that \"generally speaking high age does not in itself provide grounds for asylum\".\u003cbr/\u003e              Back in Hova, the Uzbekis hope that their appeals will be successful, and that Bibihal Uzbeki will be able to live out her days in the Scandinavian country.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              FILE - Opatovac, Croatia - 27 October 2015\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Various of Bibihal Uzbeki, elderly woman from Afghanistan, believed to be 105 at the time, with members of her family inside Opatovac camp\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Close of Uzbeki's hands\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE - Idomeni, Greece - 17 March 2016\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Aerial over migrants and refugees and tents\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE - Tovarnik, Croatia - 27 October 2015\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Red Cross staff helping Bibihal Uzbeki get off the bus in Tovarnik\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Various of Red Cross staff helping Uzbeki walk towards the train\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Various of Uzbeki getting in the train and taking a seat\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Uzbeki with members of her family inside the train\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Hova, Sweden - 3 September 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Various of train station in Hova\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Line of trees\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Pan from exterior to interior of the apartment of Bibihal Uzbeki with her son and daughter-in-law providing care\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Mid on Uzbeki receiving a piece of banana\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Close-up on Uzbeki eating\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Wide of family\u003cbr/\u003e              14. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Mohammed Uzbeki, grandson of Bibihal:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"When we received the negative response we didn't tell our grandmother. My sisters were crying, my grandmother asked why are you crying? My youngest sister said we've received a rejection and the Swedish government will deport us if we receive more rejections. When the grandmother heard this she had a stroke.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              15. Tilt-up from hand to face of Bibihal Uzbeki\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Mid of Bibihal Uzbeki resting in bed\u003cbr/\u003e              17. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Mohammed Uzbeki, grandson of Bibihal:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"They (Swedish authorities) told us it's true that there is an ongoing war in Afghanistan and it's not safe, however that's not going to help you secure asylum. You should have a specific and clear enemy. I want to tell them, if this specific enemy kills me then who is going to help me? They ask us to name our enemy, but if we knew who are the enemy, we wouldn't have had to run away, we could have just avoided them.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Bibihal Uzbeki calling out to her grandson\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Stockholm, Sweden - 4 September 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              19. Wide of Swedish parliament \u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Stockholm, Sweden - 4 September 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              20. SOUNDBITE (English) Sanna Vestin, President of the Swedish Network of Refugee Support Groups:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The reasoning from the Migration Agency is that it's not unsafe enough in Afghanistan, there are secure areas where you can go. And this is a bit of the problem because the areas pointed out are the big cities, Kabul, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif. As the European Union migration agency points out, these are not very safe areas for the moment.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Hova, Sweden - 3 September 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              21. Bibihal Uzbeki and her son and grandson\u003cbr/\u003e              22. Close-up on Grandson\u003cbr/\u003e              23. Close-up on son\u003cbr/\u003e              24. Close-up on Bibihal Uzbeki\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              FILE - Dobova, Slovenia - 26 October 2015\u003cbr/\u003e              25. 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