Colonel Ali He has sought asylum together with others.

His application has not yet been considered.

On 27 March 2001, the Migration Board denied his application.

A status analogous to refugee status would not appear to be adequate. The people affected need more than a right to claim environmental asylum. They need a right to be granted it.

He claims that his removal to Bangladesh in the event of the rejection of his refugee claim would constitute a violation of articles 3 and 16 of the Convention by Sweden.

Substantive issues Unfair asylum hearing

Mr. Anshor (Indonesia) sought clarification regarding the rights of internally displaced persons to seek asylum when they were the victims of natural disasters rather than conflict.

Some journalists and politicians sought asylum in other countries.

Another report confirms that Wang did request political asylum at the US consulate.

Lababidi s parents are now in Turkey, and hope to apply for refugee status once they get to Europe.

She decided to apply for asylum when she learned that the Bangladeshi police were still looking for her.

Further information should be provided on the use of the death penalty in political cases.

Also, when women sought asylum, could they act autonomously or must their petition be linked to that of their husbands and were threats of forced marriage or of female genital mutilation considered grounds for granting asylum?

The Group requested information on those asylum seekers from the Government of Uganda. It has yet to be provided.

Mr. PANSA (Italy) said that Italy had not denied any migrants the right to apply for asylum.

Furthermore, she did not apply for asylum until almost two months after her arrival in Sweden.

2.2 On 19 June 2001, the Swedish Migration Board dismissed the complainant's asylum application.

They had all received medical and other assistance, and been given the opportunity to apply for asylum, with the help of interpreters and experienced immigration personnel.

The Committee is also concerned that in cases of non entry decisions (décision de non entrée en matière) the social benefits of asylum seekers are being curtailed significantly

4.5 On 21 February 2001, the Migration Board rejected the application for asylum and ordered the complainant's expulsion to Bangladesh.

This is the case, for instance, of freedom of association, the right to strike, the right to asylum, and the right to privacy.

He also stressed that any assistance provided to internally displaced persons by UNHCR should not be used as an excuse to prevent them from seeking asylum.

4.4 On 19 July 2001, the Migration Board rejected the complainant's application for asylum and ordered that he be deported to Ecuador.

In addition, the Board noted that the complainant had applied for asylum more that a month after his arrival in Sweden.

He says he s still holding out hope that Korean officials will reconsider his asylum request and then he could bring his parents here.

She explains that she did not apply for asylum immediately upon her arrival in Sweden because she was still not feeling very well after the torture.

An official at South Korea s Ministry of Justice, who asked not to be identified, writes in an email that the agency fairly evaluates refugee applications and bases decisions on evidence that the asylum seeker would be persecuted if they return home.

I m just a regular refugee looking for asylum. Aziz was taken to a camp in Bulgaria and told he had to claim asylum there. But he didn t want to stay in the country, so he slipped away.

Interception on land and at sea, security checks and other measures have made legal access to a territory where asylum can be claimed increasingly difficult.

However, that person had been able to apply for asylum and appeal the extradition order to the Supreme Court, which had not, as yet, handed down a decision on the matter.

18. Expresses its appreciation to those Governments that continue to host Afghan refugees, and reminds them of their obligations under international refugee law with respect to the protection of refugees and the right to seek asylum

UNHCR had made clear that it would act at the request of the Humanitarian Coordinator with the consent of the country itself if, first, the right of affected populations to seek and enjoy asylum was preserved and, secondly, if funding for those actions was truly additional.

18. Expresses its appreciation to those Governments that continue to host Afghan refugees, and reminds them of their obligations under international refugee law with respect to the protection of refugees and the right to seek asylum

In 2010, less than a thousand people applied for asylum in Brazil. In 2015, it was more than 28,000.

Calls upon States to ensure effective protection of refugees by, inter alia, respecting the right under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to seek and enjoy asylum and the principle of non refoulement, and urges all States to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of refugees and asylum seekers

Calls upon States to ensure effective protection of refugees by, inter alia, respecting the right under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to seek and enjoy asylum and the principle of non refoulement, and urges all States to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of refugees and asylum seekers

Soon after, Lababidi applied for refugee status, but he says Korean immigration officials told him that since he fled Syria just because of war they wouldn t offer him asylum.

Pursuant to a protocol signed by Greece and Turkey, undocumented Turkish aliens had been returned to Turkey without being afforded the right to apply for political asylum.

President Sata publicly claimed that the opposition leaders were claiming asylum in South Africa, a request that the South African President Jacob Zumba turned down after Mumba s and Hichilema s return to Zambia.

(i) Asylum seekers retained at airports are not consistently being informed of their right to walk and exercise regularly in the fresh air as well as to request medical assistance

His asylum application was rejected by the Swedish Migration Board on 21 February 2001 and his appeal of that decision was rejected by the Aliens Appeals Board on 3 June 2002.

During the reporting period, concerns about global terrorism and the confusion between migration and asylum issues increased pressure on the international protection regime and the right of refugees to seek asylum.

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement signals the parties' willingness to put an end to one of Africa's longest and most intractable wars, during which more than 2 million people were killed, 4 million were uprooted and some 600,000 were forced to seek shelter beyond the Sudan's borders as refugees.

In addition to those fleeing the general effects of conflict, many continued to seek refuge from individualized persecution and violations of their human rights, as evidenced by the 807,000 asylum applications filed worldwide in 2003.

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