LCCR Brown Bag Workshop: Why Eritreans are seeking asylum

Wednesday April 29 , 2009

  • By: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
  • Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • CLE Credit
  • Location:
    LCCR
    131 Steuart St., Suite 400
    San Francisco, CA
    Map: maps.google.com
  • Contact:
    Sylvia Contreras
    LCCR
  • Source: National > Asylum Law

Eritrea's dictator jails and disappears dissidents and keeps school-leavers in permanent military national service. Young Eritreans are fleeing. Many are seeking asylum. What fact patterns are they presenting? What difficulties do they face in seeking asylum in the U.S.?

Presenters:

Alice Hall, Asylum Program mentor attorney panel

Dawit Beraki, Eritrean lawyer now assisting the Bay Area Eritreans

  • CLE Credit Comments: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights certifies that the above activity has been approved for 1 hour MCLE credit by the State Bar of California
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