Political Asylum

                   

Smugglers exploit refugees desperate for Europe

signonsandiego.com     20-Jul-2008   29 related          

Applications for asylum are up, agency says ISTANBUL, Turkey – In the depths of despair, Suzan doused herself and her 14-year-old daughter with gasoline and prepared to set them both on fire. The Iraqi refugee's dream of...                    

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S. Korea to aid Britain with asylum cases

upi.com     19-Jul-2008   4 related          

SEOUL, July 19 (UPI) -- South Korea is to work with Britain regarding nearly 450 people identifying themselves as North Korean defectors, a South Korean official says. The Foreign Ministry official said South Korea is prepared...                    

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Ninth Circuit refutes immigration judge statements made in Ethiopia asylum case

pitt.edu     19-Jul-2008          

JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] Friday made an unusual ruling [opinion text, PDF], finding that the adverse credibility determination made by an Immigration Judge (IJ) in an asylum case...                    

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Asylum racist facing LA prison 'Porridge'

jpress.co.uk     19-Jul-2008   1 related          

Published Date: 19 July 2008 A racist Preston writer who fled to the apparent safe haven of Los Angeles could be set for a hairy few months - after being banged up in prison. Whittle, 41, of Avenham Lane, was convicted of...                    

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Book Review: Gorilla by Shobasakthi, Trans. by Anushiya Sivanarayanan

desicritics.org     19-Jul-2008          

There are various ways in which an author can tell his story. It can be in the first person, solely from the narrator’s point of view. It can be through an omnipresent third person who sees and knows everything. Anthony Thasan,...                    

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No visas for now, says Canadian minister in Prague

radio.cz     18-Jul-2008   6 related          

Czechs travelling to Canada can continue to do so without a visa. During a visit in Prague on Thursday, the Canadian Minister for Citizenship and Immigration Diane Finley said that for the time being her country was not...                    

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Iraqis lead asylum seeker influx to Norway

alertnet.org     18-Jul-2008   6 related          

By Wojciech Moskwa OSLO, July 18 (Reuters) - Record numbers of asylum seekers, led by Iraqi nationals seeking to escape their violence-ridden homeland, pose a growing challenge for Norway, the country's immigration directorate...                    

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South Africa: 'New Reception Office Too Risky for Refugees'

allafrica.com     18-Jul-2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 18 July 2008 Francis Hweshe and Luleka Damane A legal expert from the UCT Law Clinic has raised serious safety concerns over the decision by the Department of Home Affairs to ask refugees to travel to Nyanga...                    

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smh.com.au: You can't judge a country by its government … Morteza Poorvadi, a former detainee, with his son, Alex, and wife, Jojo Ma Sein Win. smh.com.au

The other side of the fence

smh.com.au     18-Jul-2008   1 related          

The question is not whether we detain asylum seekers, but on what terms, writes Connie Levett. Stitching his lips together, at Villawood detention centre in 2002, was one choice the teenage Iranian asylum seeker felt he could...                    

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Thailand: Stop Forced Returns of Karen Refugees to Burma

hrw.org     18-Jul-2008   4 related          

Civilians Forced Back Into Conflict Zone, More Returns Threatened Thai security forces should immediately stop forcing Karen refugees and asylum seekers to return to Burma from refugee camps in Thailand, Human Rights Watch said...                    

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