Asile a ete refuse #2

Un militant de la Republique Centrafricaine #1

L'agent de l'asile a demandé:

Où est la copie complète de chaque page de votre passeport [même les pages vierges]?
Combien d'autres passeports vous ont été délivrés ? où est chaque passeport, aujourd'hui? Qui les detient ?
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Parlez-moi de tous vos voyages a l’etranger : où etes-vous allé, et pourquoi?
Combien de temps y etes-vous resté ? quel était votre statut d'immigration dans chaque pays?
Parlez-moi de chaque ambassade des Etats-Unis que vous avez visité :
Qu'avez-vous demandé la-bas ? qu'avez-vous dit la-bas ? Votre visa a-t-il été rejeté ?
- En tant qu’Officier d’Asile, est-ce que j’ai ici meme dans ma main, une copie de votre demande de visa d’il ya cinq ans ? avez-vous raconté des mensonges pour obtenir votre visa? pourquoi?
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Avez-vous été membre d'un parti politique? où est votre carte de membre?
Qu'est-ce qui est mentionné sur votre carte ? Quand a-t-elle été délivrée? Quand expirera-t-elle ?
Pourquoi y a –t-il des pages vierges et des informations incompletes sur votre carte ?
Les dates sur la carte sont-elles exactes ?

an activist from Burma

the Asylum Officer asked:
-show me your passport! did you have any trouble getting it? why not, I thought your government hated you?
-who helped you answer the questions on your asylum application? who else helped?
-have you ever used any other names, while in the USA?
-have you ever used any other names, such as before you got married?
-please give me a copy of each page of your passport!
You arrived in USA in 2005? tell me all of your political activities between 1990 and 2000.
What were your political activities between 2000 and 2005?
Did you suffer any physical harm in your country?
Any economic harm?
any emotional harm?
-where were you, at the moment of your arrest?
What did they tell you, as they released you?
Tell me about all of your international travels!
What were your activities here in USA?
Did you join any groups?
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Why did you mail the angry letter to your Embassy? you say you wanted to express your anger? what are you angry about?
-you say you mailed a letter to your embassy? did they receive it? how do you know?
-what would happen if you return to your country?
Is there anything else? really? what?
OK, now, is there anything else?

Fourth Circuit reverses BIA

THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS RULED THAT IT IS ENTIRELY PLAUSIBLE THAT A DICTATORIAL GOVERNMENT WILL PERSECUTE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN OPPOSTION ACTIVITIES WHILE ABROAD.

Ms. Amenu, a citizen of Ethiopia, arrived in the United States in 1988. Seven years later, she joined an opposition group, and began to protest against her government in front of her Embassy. Between 1995 and 2007, she protested about 15 times.

An activist named Ms. Woldegiorgis submitted an affidavit, opining that the government of Ethiopia monitored demonstrations, and that therefore the government was aware of Ms. Amenu’s activities, and would punish her upon her return to her country. The Immigration Judge and the BIA rejected the claims of Ms. Amenu, in part because she was not a “leader,” and because her activities were “very minimal.”

The Fourth Circuit, however, reversed and remanded the case:
Amenu v. Holder, 2011 WL 231 3204 [4th Cir. June 13,2011].

The Fourth Circuit ruled that an asylum applicant need not be a “leader” to attract the attention of the government; even mere supporters and
sympathizers have been killed. Id. at *9.

The Fourth Circuit also stated that “we are unwilling to accept” the proposition that government “will persecute only those who have engaged in opposition activities within the geographical bounds of Ethiopia.” Id.

There is “no evidentiary support for this premise.” Id.

“Put simply, there is nothing implausible about the idea that the [government of Ethiopia] will persecute, on their return to Ethiopia, individuals who have engaged in opposition activities while abroad.” Id. [internal punctuation omitted].

why an activist was DENIED asylum

The Asylum Officer denied asylum to Mr. B, from Burma:

-B protested in Burma in 2005; then he was allowed to leave Burma in 2006. Why wasn't he arrested at the airport as he was leaving? this shows that the government did not care about him.
-in 2006, B arrived in Kenya, where he created a blog and criticized his government. Then, in 2007, B returned to his "dangerous country" where he was not arrested again
[apparently the government does not care about blogs which criticize]
Then, in 2009, B left his country again. Why wasn't he arrested at the airport? how come he was able to re-new his passport? This shows the government does not care.
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B then arrived in USA, where he criticized his government on his blog and protested on the sidewalk in front of his Embassy.
-B testified that government agents went to his mother's house in Burma, and asked her where B was, and what B was doing. This shows that the government did not know about his blog and protests.
-Asylum denied. The government of Burma does not care about B.