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Are Iraqi Asylees Safe?
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frombasra said:Hello,
Are there any Iraqi asylees here? I have heard rumors that the INS is going to revoke asylum status of people from Iraq because a new government is coming to power. Any truth in that statement????
I would not worry about this too much. Iraqi asylees have been getting their status adjusted like any other asylees. During last week's AILA convention, no body brought this issue up in the asylum workshops.
In theory they have the power to reopen Iraqi asylum cases, but I doubt that there is going to be any attempt to do this in an organized manner. As long as you do not travel back, there should not be a huge problem.
Do not worry. They did not do that with the Bosnians even after there was peace in the Balkans. Besides, the situation in Iraq is more dangerous than it was a year ago..frombasra said:Hello,
Are there any Iraqi asylees here? I have heard rumors that the INS is going to revoke asylum status of people from Iraq because a new government is coming to power. Any truth in that statement????
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shamshon said:Do not worry. They did not do that with the Bosnians even after there was peace in the Balkans. Besides, the situation in Iraq is more dangerous than it was a year ago..
Gilbert,
Another way to ask this question is, based on your information, has the CIS ever done anything to revoke asylum en masse after a dramatic change in country conditions?
anotheryear said:Gilbert,
Another way to ask this question is, based on your information, has the CIS ever done anything to revoke asylum en masse after a dramatic change in country conditions?
Not in the recent past. Bosnia is a great example. So are Afghanistan and Indonesia.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the then INS did try to revoke many asylum grants. But Congress stepped in and prevented that from happening.
At that time, the Asylum Unit was not yet created. Asylum cases were handled by regular INS officers, most of whom were (and still are) hostile to the whole concept of asylum. Now with the Asylum Officers in charge, I think this is much less likely to happen. Most Asylum Officers (including those at Washington HQ) have extensive field experience with human rights issues. They by and large have a lot of empathy for asylum seekers.