Why hasn't Nahom Hagos been deported? Those demanding deportation clearly don't grasp the kind of public sector employer we are dealing with. One person-year corresponds to about 1,600–1,700 working hours, and Hagos's entire bureaucratic path from the reception center to repeated criminal convictions and victim care has tied up an estimated 14–25 person-years of publicly funded work. Even entry, integration efforts, and the reception center phase consumed a couple of years of work, on top of which come the continuous handling of social assistance, substance abuse social work, and staff resources for shelters for the homeless. With the criminal history, the machinery was really set in motion: three extensive rape investigations, property and drug offenses, and escapes kept the police very busy. Prosecutors, several levels of the judiciary, public defenders, and interpreters in turn worked through about another person-year in the courtrooms. The largest share of the workload comes from incarceration. Daily monitoring, administration, and prison healthcare average about 0.6–0.8 person-years per inmate per year, which, together with long sentences and probation supervision, amounts to 4–6.5 person-years. However, Hagos's widest impact is through the victims: acute hospital care for fractures, forensic examinations, years of trauma therapy, victim support services, and assistance for elderly victims with diminished functionality demand as much as 3–5 person-years from public healthcare and social services. The authority chain caused by a single man thus corresponds at best to the annual total work contribution of a small agency or department. From the perspective of public sector demand, Hagos is a rapacious gold mine. Such a man cannot be deported! (translated)
