Botswana grants 10 Eritrean soccer players asylum

GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana has granted asylum to a group of 10 Eritrean soccer players who sought refuge after playing in a World Cup qualifying match earlier this month, their lawyer said on Thursday. The Eritreans refused to board their plane home on Oct. 13 after playing the match against Botswana. They then claimed asylum,

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Botswana grants 10 Eritrean soccer players asylum

GABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana has granted asylum to a group of 10 Eritrean soccer players who sought refuge after playing in a World Cup qualifying match earlier this month, their lawyer said on Thursday. The Eritreans refused to board their plane home on Oct. 13 after playing the match against Botswana. They then claimed asylum,

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Unexpected turbulence at Dublin Airport: seven passengers on inaugural flight from Ethiopia claim asylum

Seven passengers – including two children – on the inaugural Ethiopian Airlines flight through Dublin claimed asylum at the airport’s immigration gates. A Garda spokeswoman this morning confirmed that it was five adults and two children that claimed asylum. “We are working with Ethiopian Airlines to ensure proper processes are in place for people coming

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Updated-BREAKING: Ethiopian Plane Hijacked, Flown to Switzerland for Asylum

jaunted Where: Geneva, Switzerland February 17, 2014 | by JetSetCD    BREAKING NEWS Prior to midnight EST, an Ethiopian Airlines flight bound from Ethiopia to Italy declared and emergency—a hijacking—and flew instead to Geneva, Switzerland. The aircraft is now safely on the ground in Geneva, although reports of

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