Fed: Fisherman did not know if Kurds were seeking asylum

AAP General News (Australia);  November 12, 2003 ;     169 words ......Fisherman did not know if Kurds were seeking asylum A charter fishing operator who first...says he had no idea whether they were seeking asylum. LES WOODBRIDGE says he doesn't know...could have recognised whether they were seeking asylum, as they couldn't speak English. Mr...

Japan closes its doors to 9 Afghan citizens seeking asylum from brutal...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 7, 2001 ;     497 words ......closing its doors to nine Afghan citizens seeking asylum from brutal Taliban rule. The nine...Afghans to be released from prison while seeking asylum. On Monday, a separate judge had denied...parliament, or Diet, that all Afghans seeking asylum in the country would be deported once...

U.N.: Russian Refugees Seeking Asylum

AP Online;  February 25, 2004 ;     454 words ......the top of the world list of refugees seeking asylum in industrialized countries last year...numbers. Overall the number of refugees seeking asylum in industrialized countries fell by...third place were Iraqis, with 24,744 seeking asylum, half the number of the previous year...

U.N.: Russians Refugees Seeking Asylum

AP Online;  February 25, 2004 ;     454 words ......the top of the world list of refugees seeking asylum in industrialized countries last year...numbers. Overall the number of refugees seeking asylum in industrialized countries fell by...third place were Iraqis, with 24,744 seeking asylum, half the number of the previous year...

Young Volunteers Seek Justice For Detainees Seeking Asylum

Forward;  November 9, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Volunteers Seek Justice For Detainees Seeking Asylum It's only 15 miles from Manhattan's...defenders have been on the defensive. Those seeking asylum before 1996 were free to settle while...resolution last March. "These are people seeking asylum," Ms. Fouke said. "But they are ...

Process for seeking asylum to change

The Press;  April 30, 1998 ;     98 words ...A new process to handle people seeking asylum will be introduced today that will be less open to exploitation...through a prompt and fair system. ``The number of people seeking asylum in New Zealand has increased 300 per cent over the past...

Fed: Three Iraqi diplomats seeking asylum in Australia

AAP General News (Australia);  February 8, 2007 ;     177 words ......General News (Australia) 02-08-2007 Fed: Three Iraqi diplomats seeking asylum in Australia SYDNEY, Feb 8 AAP - Three Iraqi diplomats are...war-torn country. But they have not returned and are now seeking asylum in Australia. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...

More young Afghans seeking asylum in Sweden

Xinhua News Agency;  July 20, 2008 ;     151 words ...More young Afghans seeking asylum in Sweden STOCKHOLM, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The number of under-age Afghan refugees seeking asylum without their parents in Sweden has gone up significantly within the last two years, the Swedish Board of Migration...

Jordan Denies Saddam's Cousin Is Seeking Asylum

Xinhua News Agency;  September 4, 2001 ;     241 words ......denied that a cousin of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is seeking asylum in the kingdom,the English daily Jordan Times reported on...the Iraqi government. However, Majid, 47, said he was not seeking asylum in Jordan andhe will leave the kingdom for Yemen on Wednesday...

THE PLIGHT OF WOMEN SEEKING ASYLUM IN USA TO ESCAPE VIOLENCE.(Brief...

WIN News;  September 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ......the threat of it. But foreign women seeking asylum on these grounds have received a mixed...guidelines to give greater weight to women seeking asylum who feared genital mutilation and sexual...and in Canada show that each woman seeking asylum on grounds of gender-based persecution...

Albanians seeking asylum will be evacuated to Italy

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 11, 1990 ;     408 words ...ROME Thousands of Albanians who have taken or are seeking asylum in foreign embassies in Tirana will be ferried to...said Dervishi, who nonetheless described those seeking asylum as "hooligans." The first 51 Albanians allowed to...

Com: No sign missing athletes seeking asylum: police

AAP General News (Australia);  March 22, 2006 ;     444 words ......News (Australia) 03-22-2006 Com: No sign missing athletes seeking asylum: police By Jamie Duncan MELBOURNE, March 22 AAP - There...persons and there was no evidence to suggest either man was seeking asylum. "At this stage, having had discussions with the officials...

60 Afghans Hijack Hostages Seeking Asylum Amid Conspiracy Theory

Xinhua English Newswire;  February 10, 2000 ;     214 words ......board, a BBC report said Thursday. BBC quoted Home Office sources as saying that some 60 people released from the plane are seeking asylum. But the report was not confirmed by the Home Office. "I cannot confirm or deny that report," a Home Office spokesman said...

Numbers Seeking Asylum in Britain

Xinhua English Newswire;  January 25, 2000 ;     98 words ......870. The most recent monthly status report, published by the Home Office, showed people from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia continued to form the largest nationality among those seeking asylum in Britain, closely followed by Sri Lankans.

Family seeking asylum in South Korea

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 27, 2001 ;     320 words ...Family seeking asylum in South Korea Associated Press Wednesday, June 27, 2001 Beijing...Korean family on Tuesday took refuge in a U.N. office in China, seeking asylum in South Korea and world attention for the plight of thousands...