Disagreements between the group members started, three of my friends said we had to sleep until the sunrise since we already crossed the border and we could walk in the morning and make it to the city. My friend and I said we have to keep going and make it to the city. Since they were three who said we should rest, we rested. The Sudanese border patrol saw us while we were crossing the border and did not want to follow at that moment. They kept an eye on us since they were in a very close checkpoint and knew we were resting. Early in the morning they showed up and took us to their checkpoint. They asked us if we spoke Arabic and I was the only one who knew a few Arabic. They started threatening. They started talking about an immediate deportation back to our country because we crossed the border illegally. …show more content…
I told them that we could face a long time prisoning beside hard labor, and then conscripted in the military, or death in the worst case scenario but they did not seem they ever cared about it. One of them said that this are orders from the higher authority and they were only executing the order. They commanded us to empty our pockets and put down everything we had. They started making phone calls to take us to the detention facility until we were deported. Luckily, members of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees constantly came to check refugees who cross the border and take them to the refugee camp. They were informed by the border patrol authorities that we were taken to the detention facility. They were able to transfer us to the camp near the border after talking to the
‘The war in Darfur” is an armed conflict in the Sudan Darfur region that began in 2003 and is still ongoing, and in 2005 it was later declared as a civil war against Chad and Central African Republic.
In these detention centers, immigrants are often denied medical care, even if they are very ill, and served poor quality food and drinks. They are treated like criminals, yet have not been charged with criminal offenses (Werner). Since 2003, ninety people have died in immigration custody. Many immigrants in the detention centers are also often neglected lawyers. Oftentimes, people are waiting six months for a twenty-minute asylum interview (Hendricks). As a result of rights not being withheld, immigrants are getting unfair treatment.
Sudan has known conflict for most of its existence. The discovery of oil in 1979 served to heighten this conflict as north and south fought over valuable resources. In more recent years human rights violations and genocide have occurred in unsurpassed numbers with the Sudanese governments support. Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state with an issued arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. In July 2011 southern Sudanese citizens voted to secede from Sudan and form the Republic of South Sudan in response to years of oppression by the Arab led Islamist government. South Sudan is now the worlds newest country and free to determine its own path
For months the administration blocked access to the detainees and efforts to ascertain the conditions of their treatment. Only at the end of January 2002 did the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) finally announce that Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International (AI) would be allowed access to some detention facilities (Cusac2002). Others remained off-limits to monitoring groups. Since January a few reports about the actual conditions of the detainees have been published in the left-wing press.
I don’t want this to last for us sister. This is unjust and inhumane. I have been transferred in a freight car packed to the walls with people just like me . The ride to the camps is perilous and horrid , on the trip we are not allowed to leave ever. The stench on the train is horrible as well, for we are not kept in leisure where we may go “ when nature calls”. I am still writing to you before I reach the camp sister , by the time you
If Central American refugees ' rights to political asylum are decisively rejected by the U.S. government or if the U.S. legal system insists on ransom that exceeds our ability to pay, active resistance will be the only alternative to abandoning the refugees to their fate. The creation of a network of actively concerned, mutually supportive people in the U.S. and Mexico may be the best preparation for an adequate response (Corbett 1988).
William Hall made a good point when he said, “We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not.” Our differences are less important than our similarities because if people want to make friends or just be happier in life, then they need to focus on not the differences in other people but instead the similar things that are between them and others. If people focus on what is different between them and someone else instead of seeing what similarities there are between each other, then there would be a lot more happiness. People are similar to many others in a lot of ways. They just chose not to see it and focus
Have you been subject to constant surveillance in a manner related to your petition for asylum or withholding of removal? Describe this in full detail.
The immigration officer approves asylum and schedules the audience with an immigration judge OR the immigration officer denies asylum because his story lacks credibility, and sends to
Separation of powers is essential in a federal system, so an upper chamber of the house like the one modeled after the U.S Congress, the same way Iraq’s federal system of government would adopt this model. The 18 units in the upper house would be based on the regional representation it would give the regions a voice at the center, check the centralization of power and by providing a second set of local elites, and lower regional corruption (page 2). Whereas, a unitary system of government could possibly promote corruption and would hurt the Iraqi people and country. In a centralized/unitary form of government there would be no one to oversee if the central government is abusing its’ power, it solely lies in the power of the central government,
The Coalition Government 2013 policy Operation Sovereign Borders reported that sending asylum seekers back via military vessels patrolling Australian waters has restored the integrity of its borders and prevented deaths at sea. Conversely, this is neither humanitarian nor helping solve the problem to protect offshore asylum seekers already detained. This does not protect and promote individual rights of those seeking asylum under the human rights convention. In addition to the indefinite detention has had a major impact on the physical and mental health of asylum seekers. This has been evident in protests from detainees that have resulted in deaths on Manus Island, in which security and police were present. Is reported is widespread and systematic abuse, the cramped conditions of their accommodation, and the lack of facilities causing illness and poor hygiene. Along with the lack of medical treatment available all these conditions are well below international standards. If the Australian government refuses to bring refugees to Australia then it must ensure that conditions of the detention are humane. Australia has entered into an arrangement whereas by other states are used for resettlement, it is however still responsible for ensuring human rights obligations and adhered to under these paramagnets. The conditions of detention state that refugees are not to be held for lengthy stays in solitary detention, and that they have access to key services such as health care, education and mental health services. The Australian government’s offshore operations are extremely guarded and service providers working for the Australian government face criminal charges and civil penalties if they disclose any information about the conditions of the asylum seekers and refuges. The border forces act 2015 heightened security after the event that happened on the
The “Lost Boys of the Sudan,” are survivors from a tragedy that took place in southern Sudan in the early 1980s (IRC, 2014). It has been roughly estimated that about 20,000 young boys left their families and villages in Sudan. The young boys had fled as a result of the outbreak of civil war that was taking place during the time in southern Sudan. They had faced death and some had been forced into the Northern army, which caused them to flee to Ethiopia (IRC, 2014). The conflict had greatly affected people in South Sudan. I can only imagine what mothers, fathers and siblings had to go through because their son or brother had left them behind. Other civilians and young boys had lost their lives because they were inducted into the army to fight
Petitioner, Tarek Dali, entered the United States on or about December 23, 2010, seeking refuge from political persecution he suffered at the hands of the Tunisian government. (cite). He initially sought asylum relief on November 14, 2011; however, the Department of Homeland Security’s (hereinafter “DHS”) asylum office denied his application on January 17, 2013. (cite). On February 11, 2013, the DHS filed a notice to appear and Mr. Dali was subsequently placed in removal proceedings. (cite). Mr. Dali appeared before the immigration court on November 10, 2014, where he renewed his application for asylum relief. The immigration judge (hereinafter “IJ”) held a hearing on the matter and denied Dali’s application for asylum. (cite). The IJ found that in respects to the elements of a refugee, Mr. Dali established that for all the harms he alleged, the government was either responsible for the persecution or abdicated to the actions of the private actors, the harms Mr. Dali suffered were on account of his political opinion, but the harms Mr. Dali suffered in Tunisia did not rise to the level persecution. Therefore, Mr. Dali was not a refugee and consequently not entitled to Asylum.
Have you ever heard about the civil war that sent 20,000 Sudanese children lost in afraid without anywhere to go. First we will talk about the food and water struggles of the lost boys.The next we will talk about the many casualties in the war. Last we will talk about why the war happened and why it's important.
South Sudan had gone through severe budgetary and economic problems related to oil production in January 2012 as notified by Erickson & Faria, (2011). The researchers stated that due to disagreement in the transit fees, austerity was adopted by the government of South Sudan. This decreased one third of government expenditure thereby exposing most of the population to face inflation that rose to 75 % (Grawert, 2010). The value of the South Sudanese pound decreased while the price of fuel and food were increased. As a result of this economic instability, the people of the country are faced with huge financial and economic crisis that further increased their anger towards the government, and heightening the prospects of rebellions.