MIGRASYL

News on migration and asylum from around the region - Nouvelles de la région sur les questions de migration et d'asile

Monday, March 08, 2010

[Lebanon] CLDH: Attempt to Forcibly Deport a Refugee

CLDH (The Lebanese Center for Human Rights) was dismayed to witness an attempt to forcibly deport to Iraq an Iraqi refugee recognized by the UNHCR. The CLDH team had learned about the imminent deportation to Iraq of Saad Muhammad Ismail, 54 years old, even though he refused to go back to his country and was awaiting an interview for resettlement in a third country after 31 months of arbitrary detention in Lebanon.

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