PUBLIC AI Index: EUR 42/004/2008

22 April 2008

Further Information on UA 46/08 (EUR 42/001/2008, 21 February 2008) and follow-up (EUR 42/003/2008, 11 April 2008) Deportation / Torture

SWEDEN/ERITREA Jamil Mohammad Burhan (m) aged 24

As had been feared, Jamil Burhan was deported from Sweden to Eritrea on 15 April, despite protests from Amnesty International, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and others.

According to his lawyers, Jamil Burhan was born in Saudi Arabia to Eritrean parents. He grew up in Saudi Arabia, and his family still lives there. Jamil Burhan went to Sweden in August 2002 and sought asylum. His application was rejected on 23 December 2003, and his appeal against that decision was rejected on 27 October 2004, on the grounds that, by his own account, he had never actually been to Eritrea, and so would be of no interest to the authorities there and therefore in no danger.

Amnesty International is trying to establish what happened to Jamil Burhan on his arrival in Eritrea, and will continue to monitor his case as far as possible.

No further action is required from the UA Network at present. Many thanks to all those who sent appeals.