Romania allows entrance of Eritrean refugees.September 10, 2008 (BUCHAREST) -- Romanian Government has authorised today the entry of 41 Eritrean refugees in the country without visa. Bucharest said it took this decision on humanitarian basis. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Romanian government the Eritrean refugees who arrived from Libya are allowed to stay in the country for six months. The Romanian decision comes in response to a request filled by the High UN Commissioner for refugees Antonio Gueterres, who urged the Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu, to take in account the refugees' need for international protection. The UN refugee body plans to relocate the refugees to other Western countries in the near future. Also, the UNHCR UNHCR n abbr (= United Nations High Commission for Refugees) → ACNUR mUNHCR n abbr (= United Nations High Commission for Refugees) → HCR m and International Organization for Migration (IOM IOM See: Index and Option Market ) with take in charges the costs triggered by their stay in Romania. Libya, which has no asylum law or asylum procedures for individuals fleeing persecution, deported hundreds of Eritrean refugees crossing through Sudan border. The UNHCR raised concern after mass deportation deportation, expulsion of an alien from a country by an act of its government. The term is not applied ordinarily to sending a national into exile or to committing one convicted of crime to an overseas penal colony (historically called transportation). of Eritrean asylum seekers asylum seeker asylum n → demandeur/euse d'asile from Egypt last June. The Eritreans include political opponents, Pentecostal Christians fleeing religious persecution  The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article are disputed.Please see the relevant discussion on the . and others trying to avoid military service. (ST) Copyright 2003-2008 SudanTribune - All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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