Help Stop the Involuntary Deportation of Eritrean Refugees in Libya

Help Stop the Involuntary Deportation of Eritrean Refugees in Libya

The Issue

This letter earnestly requests a helping hand from appropriate bodies of the United States Congress, in stopping the forceful and involuntary deportation of Eritrean Refugees in Libya in direct transgression of Art 33 of the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees; and it calls for 4 pointed actions to that end.

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The Issue

This letter earnestly requests a helping hand from appropriate bodies of the United States Congress, in stopping the forceful and involuntary deportation of Eritrean Refugees in Libya in direct transgression of Art 33 of the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees; and it calls for 4 pointed actions to that end.

The Decision Makers

Former U.S. Representative
2 Members
Sheila Jackson Lee
Former U.S. Representative
Donald M. Payne, Jr.
Former U.S. Representative
Former U.S. House of Representatives
5 Members
David Schweikert
Former US House of Representatives - Arizona-6
Doris O. Matsui
Former US House of Representatives - California-6
Jeff Fortenberry
Former US House of Representatives - Nebraska-1
Former U.S. Senate
4 Members
Bob Corker
Former US Senate - Tennessee
James Inhofe
Former US Senate - Oklahoma
Ben Cardin
Former U.S. Senate - Maryland
U.S. Senate
3 Members
John Boozman
U.S. Senate - Arkansas
Timothy Scott
U.S. Senate - South Carolina
Jeanne Shaheen
U.S. Senate - New Hampshire
U.S. House of Representatives
3 Members
Grace Meng
U.S. House of Representatives - New York 6th Congressional District
Adam Smith
U.S. House of Representatives - Washington 9th Congressional District
Christopher Smith
U.S. House of Representatives - New Jersey 4th Congressional District

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