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ICERD Review: TAHR Urges Immigration Agency to Address Gaps in Asylum Instead of Beautifying with Disinformation
After more than half a century, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), which became legally binding for our country in 1971, finally held its first national report review meeting from April 22 to April 23. This meeting formally concluded today (April 26) with the review committee issuing its concluding observations. Below is the full text of the speech presented by our association concerning the refugee asylum of this review: During a recent ICERD review meeting, serious concerns were raised about how the Immigration Agency is handling refugee asylum issues. Critics argue that the…
Nine Chinese exiles get residency after years without status
Nine Chinese exiles get residency after years without status By Alison Hsiao / Staff Reporter Nine Chinese exiles in Taiwan — five dissidents and four Falong Gung practitioners — have been granted long-term residency permits after living in the nation for between five and 10 years without official status. They can become Taiwanese citizens after two years. According to the Epoch Times and Radio Free Asia, the nine Chinese exiles had originally asked for political asylum and have been granted long-term residence permits by the government. The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) confirmed the news yesterday. The five Chinese dissidents…
Refugee, Asylum seekers and stateless people in Taiwan
UDHR the international human rights convention and the international society have confirmed the right to asylum. If a person is prosecuted by his country because he defends his own or other people's human rights, the other countries have an obligation to provide protection and follow the non-refoulement principle. Besides,states should prevent the stateless status and protect the stateless people. Taiwan, is a democratic country proud of its human rights situation in Asia. How does the country treat the asylum seekers and stateless people? It will only take you a few minutes through the 3 short films to understand these people's…
Remark on Taiwan Initial CCPR and ESCR Review
Good evening, Mesdames and Messieurs, Taiwan Association for Human Rights have advocated for exiled Chinese dissents, Tibetans, Thai-Burma boarder stateless people to seek asylum and residence in Taiwan. 9 Chinese dissents and hundreds of Tibetans and Thai-Burma boarder stateless people have stayed in Taiwan for more than 8 years, some of them have naturalized, many only have short term or long term visas and are not permitted to work and cannot enjoy any health insurance, social insurance and social security against ESCR article 6 and 9. When an asylum seeker enters Taiwan illegally, they are likely to stay as an…