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Failed Asylum Seeker Stuck in Samoa

October 17, 2012

Mikhail Sebastian is an Armenian from Azerbaijan who came to the United States on a Soviet passport in 1995.  After the break-up of the U.S.S.R., neither Armenia nor Azerbaijan would take him, and Mr. Sebastian ended up stateless. He filed for asylum in the U.S., but his claim was ultimately denied (in 2002) and he … Read more

By Jason Dzubow
Tags Samoa, Stateless 9 Comments

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