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This short note is intended to help Eritreans and Ethiopians seeking asylum in the USA. The information is taken from the records of Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).
Eritreans and Ethiopians seeking asylum in the USA can be categorized into one of the followings:
- Those who enter the USA using legal documents i.e., carrying Eritrean and Ethiopian passports,
- Those who enter the USA by air using fake i.e., illegal documents,
- Those who enter the USA as stowaway (by sea) using ships heading to the USA,
- Those who enter the USA by land mainly across the USA Mexico border carrying no documents with or without the help of smugglers.
Here are the results of their application for the last eight years.
Results Eritreans Seeking Asylum in the USA Fiscal Years 1997-2005
|
Fiscal Year |
Applied |
Granted |
%Granted |
Conditional |
Denied |
Abandoned |
Withdrawn |
Other |
|
1997 |
37 |
12 |
32% |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
|
1998 |
103 |
30 |
29% |
0 |
17 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
|
1999 |
104 |
42 |
40% |
0 |
27 |
2 |
3 |
28 |
|
2000 |
140 |
33 |
23% |
0 |
40 |
2 |
3 |
26 |
|
2001 |
157 |
59 |
38% |
0 |
50 |
3 |
4 |
25 |
|
2002 |
198 |
42 |
21% |
0 |
89 |
1 |
5 |
37 |
|
2003 |
127 |
66 |
52% |
0 |
65 |
4 |
5 |
27 |
|
2004 |
141 |
61 |
43% |
0 |
35 |
2 |
11 |
25 |
|
2005 |
149 |
68 |
45% |
0 |
34 |
4 |
8 |
34 |
|
Total |
1156 |
413 |
36% |
0 |
362 |
18 |
41 |
227 |
Results Ethiopians Seeking Asylum in the USA Fiscal Years 1997-2005
|
Fiscal Year |
Applied |
Granted |
%Granted |
Conditional |
Denied |
Abandoned |
Withdrawn |
Other |
|
1997 |
674 |
275 |
40.8 |
0 |
251 |
0 |
21 |
203 |
|
1998 |
648 |
185 |
28.5 |
0 |
248 |
2 |
54 |
150 |
|
1999 |
528 |
214 |
40.5 |
0 |
180 |
14 |
25 |
125 |
|
2000 |
677 |
235 |
34.7 |
0 |
199 |
8 |
28 |
162 |
|
2001 |
724 |
218 |
30.1 |
0 |
213 |
22 |
28 |
122 |
|
2002 |
802 |
232 |
28.9 |
0 |
339 |
27 |
47 |
140 |
|
2003 |
604 |
239 |
39.6 |
0 |
269 |
11 |
41 |
135 |
|
2004 |
802 |
260 |
32.4 |
0 |
233 |
27 |
51 |
179 |
|
2005 |
550 |
264 |
48.0 |
0 |
189 |
13 |
51 |
115 |
|
Total |
6009 |
2122 |
35.3 |
0 |
3121 |
124 |
346 |
1331 |
The main factors for winning or loosing an asylum case seem to be:
- The personality of the applicant.
- Strength of case.
- The representation with or without an expert immigration attorney. One needs to communicate with his/her attorney good enough during preparation to court.
- The Immigration judge. Some grant others … To have an idea about this please visit:
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/judgereports this will help you have an idea on the probability of your judge to grant you asylum.
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/160/
Read it and find out for yourself. Moreover, with or without a help from your relative, brother/sister, a fiancé, a lover, boy/girl friend or even an enemy, I recommend you to visit these sites and links beyond that.
Good help you poor people win your case. After you win your case, I ask you to help other poor people that is trying to survive.
Last but not least, please note that I have never had a single course in Social Laws of any kind.
God is with us.
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