Zarmena Waziri, a 72-year-old woman refugee, faces a possible deportation by Denmark government, although she suffers severe dementia, high blood pressure and other multiple strokes.

Ms. Waziri once fought for women's right back in Afghanistan

The New York Times writes that Zarmena Waziri’s dementia is so severe that when she recently ate an orange she forgot to swallow and nearly choked to death.

Her daughter Marzia, who lives in Denmark for 25 years and is her only caregiver, fears that if she is to be deported Afghanistan, it will amount to her death sentence.

“I live in constant fear that I am going to come home and find that the door has been knocked down and that my mother is gone,” said Ms. Waziri. “She wouldn’t last a day in Afghanistan. She has no one there.”

The Danish authorities counter that the decision to deport Mrs. Waziri is of her own making: She broke the law. Since November 2012, her various applications to remain in the country have been rejected three times, and she has disregarded every order to leave.

A key point in the final rejection is a lack of medical documentation for Zarmena Waziri’s dementia. Her family has provided a 2016 psychologist’s statement saying that she suffers from a “medium severe” state of dementia and that she is “a danger to herself” because of eating difficulties.

Human rights advocates say humanitarian imperatives should trump legal considerations. The case is now under review.