Category: Asylum seekers

Norway returning gay asylum seekers to Iraq

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I don’t get it.  Norway, a self-proclaimed progressive nation that lets anyone in, is now returning gay men to Iraq, and if this article is correct, so are Sweden, Denmark and Finland.

The piece from a publication for gays says that gay men (Lesbians too I presume) will be killed for being homosexuals, but not one word about why that would happen—it’s Sharia Law—the Islamic faith prohibits homosexuality and I have a difficult time understanding why Leftists, running countries like Norway don’t get it.  Why are conservatives vilified when opposing gay marriage but homosexual political activists don’t vilify Islamists who want to kill them?

Here is the story:

Life is brutal for LGBTs living in Iraq: there’s the familial “honor killings,” police raids on gay parties, the secret police who will burn down your house and slash your throat, the murderers who stalk gay chat rooms for fresh victims, militia groups willing to gang rape and execute the gay out of you, and last but not least, the vigilante groups that will kill you by gluing your anus shut and feeding you laxatives.

So when Norway’s High Court refused asylum to gay Iraqi refugee Azad Hassan Rasol and suggested he “go home and be discrete,” they basically told him that if he acts less fruity, he might have a chance of actually surviving there—hardly a reassuring plan in a hellhole where every day could be his last.

Since Rasol hails from the Kurdish region of Iraq, Norwegian Immigration authorities said that the risk for gay men in that region “differs greatly” from the rest of Iraq and that he can seek protection from the regional authorities.

Uh, yeah… good plan.

Unless Norway or another country grants Rasol asylum, he and his Norwegian boyfriend will return to Iraq where Rasol says that his clan will gladly kill them.

Of course, the way Europe is going, gay men/women won’t be safe from Islamic persecution there either.  Check out this article (Hat tip: Judy) entitled ‘Sharia Law already devouring the UK.’

Egyptian authorities ignore UN on refugee issue

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No surprise that the wonderful democracy movement of the Arab Spring has not produced what we were led to believe it would.  Ho hum, here Human Rights Watch is complaining about treatment of refugees in Egypt.

From Refworld (a UN publication):

The Egyptian authorities are preparing to deport 118 detained Eritreans to Eritrea, where they risk persecution, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 29, 2011, guards at the al-Shalal prison in Aswan beat the 118 men, including 40 who already have refugee status, to force them to sign papers for their “voluntary” return to Eritrea, according to sources with access to the detainees.

Egypt should stop forcing detained Eritreans to sign repatriation forms and allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to interview all detained Eritreans to identify refugees among them, Human Rights Watch said.

I guess any agreements from 1954 are out the window now!

Under Egypt’s 1954 memorandum of understanding with the UN refugee agency, the agency is supposed to carry out all refugee status determination in Egypt. This means Egyptian officials are obliged to give UNHCR access to all detained migrants to identify those who want to claim their right to seek asylum from persecution.

Update: Uncle Omar Sprung!

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More on special deals for special Obamas…..Uncle Omar (first reported here) had been quietly released from custody according to the Boston Globe:

Officials released President Obama’s uncle from Plymouth County jail yesterday after holding him for more than two weeks on an immigration detainer for violating an order to return to his native Kenya in 1992.

US officials refused to disclose any other information about Onyango Obama, who remained in the United States undetected until Framingham police arrested him Aug. 24 on drunken driving and other charges.

Yesterday, federal immigration officials refused to say whether the 67-year-old Framingham resident posted bond, whether they are keeping track of his whereabouts, or even whether they are still seeking his deportation, raising questions about public accountability in the case.

ICE is being secretive about his release and his whereabouts.

Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, which favors tougher limits on immigration, said the immigration agency should be more transparent, especially in a case involving a relative of the president. She said the public deserves to know the circumstances of Obama’s release, since he violated a deportation order and is accused of drunken driving. In a criminal court, she said, that would be public information.

Read the whole article at the Boston Globe.

New to this story?  Type ‘Uncle Omar’ into our search function for all of our coverage.

Update:  After posting this I see there is an article with the Obama family tree, here.

Brown: “In a fair world” Uncle Omar would be deported

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This is one of the few times I’ve heard “boo” from Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown—must be running for reelection!  Why, yes, he is.

From The Hill:

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) said Tuesday that Onyango Obama, President Obama’s long-lost uncle, should be deported from the United States after being arrested last week on drunk driving charges.

“Well, yeah. He’s here illegally. He’s obviously broken the law. I don’t know enough about the details of the case, but, God, he’s been running around for how long now?” Brown said in an interview on the Howie Carr Show. “Let him go through the process and see what happens.”

Brown said that “in a fair world,” Obama’s uncle would be deported.

Onyango Obama, 67, was arrested last Wednesday when he nearly rammed his SUV into a police car in Framingham, Mass. When asked if he would like to make a phone call, Onyango reportedly said, “I think I will call the White House.”

The White House said last week that the president was unaware that his uncle was in the United States illegally, and would not intervene on his behalf.

“We expect it to be treated — and I refer you to ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and DHS [the Department of Homeland Security] — like any other immigration case,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

Onyango came to the United States to attend school [in the 1960s!], but ultimately dropped out. He was ordered to leave the country in 1992, but remained in the country and has worked at a liquor store for the past five years.

There are millions of Uncle Omars loose in the US right now—fat chance he will be singled out for deportation.  As a matter of fact, his sister (Auntie Zeituni) managed to be granted asylum and the same sharp lawyer will help Uncle Omar.

Our previous Uncle Omar update is here.

Uncle Omar Update

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A bunch of articles have crossed my desk over the last few days about Obama’s illegal alien Kenyan uncle arrested in Massachusetts in late August.  Reader ‘blackpanther’ says he won’t believe the story until it comes from the White House.

Blackpanther, here is one pretty definitive statement from Obama’s front man—Jay Carney—to CNS News:

He will be treated like any other illegal alien (yeh right! let go!):

President Barack Obama’s uncle, facing deportation for being in the country illegally, will not be treated differently than anyone else under U.S. laws, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told CNSNews.com on Thursday.

“I would refer you to ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] and DHS [Department of Homeland Security]. It will be handled like any other immigration case,” Carney said.

CNSNews.com also asked, “Was the president aware that his uncle was in the United States as an undocumented immigrant?” But before the question was completely asked, Carney interjected, saying President Obama “was made aware of this issue when I walked into his office and, among other subjects, mentioned it to him and he was completely unaware.”

Carney apparently was speaking in reference to when the president first learned of his uncle’s arrest. Carney did not say whether the president knew his uncle was in the United States illegally.

Here is another story, this one from the Boston Globe, telling us that Uncle Omar has been a fugitive from the law since 1992.

Then there is one from the Boston Herald in which Aunt Zeituni let’s us know what she thinks of her nephew, calling him “your president” to a reporter.  You think she still might be smarting for being snubbed and not invited to family functions at the White House (or LOL! at nearby Martha’s Vineyard only a week or so ago!).

Reached at her apartment in a South Boston public housing complex today, Zeituni Onyango said of her brother’s arrest: “Why don’t you go to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washingon, D.C. and ask your president? Not me.” She then hung up on a reporter.  [She was granted asylum so Obama is technically her president now too!—ed]

If I were Obama, I would be treating these “relatives” nicely, afterall, they surely know stuff about him that the public has never heard before.

Then this is great!  NumbersUSA calls on readers to contact Congress to “Plug the Uncle Omar Loophole!”

Learn more about what you can do here.