AFRICAN ASYLUM SEEKERS FACE SHAMEFUL TREATMENT

Khalil Abdullah | Immigrant • Oct 26, 2020

Mauritanian immigration rights activists Bakary Tandia and Houleye Thiam at a pre-Covid-19 demonstration.. By Khalil Abdullah, Ethnic Media Services

Fleeing persecution in Nigeria, arriving in the United States, Pastor Ben said he was immediately taken into detention. “I was told I would see the judge in two weeks,” the time stretched to “five years and two months only because I asked for asylum at the airport.” Read more