Council of Ministers Directive to Enable Eritreans Deported from Ethiopia due to the War Launch[ed] by the Eritrean Government on Ethiopia [to] Reclaim and Develop their Properties in Ethiopia

Published: 15/May/2009

[Unofficial translation reported in judgment of United Kingdom Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), 30 June 2011
ST (Ethnic Eritrean – nationality – return) Ethiopia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKUT 00252 (IAC), available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,GBR_UTIAC,4e1b1c2b2.html]

WHEREAS, it has become necessary to facilitate the condition whereby Eritreans who, due to the invasion of Ethiopia by the Eritrean Government, were deported from Ethiopia upon being deemed a threat to national security could reclaim their properties which currently are under the custody of their agents in Ethiopia, under the administration of government organs and in blocked bank accounts as well as to settle the problems that had been encountered in this regard;

The Council of Ministers has issued this Directive.

1. Short Title
This Directive may be cited as the ‘Council of Ministers Directive to Enable Eritreans Deported from Ethiopia due to the War Launch[ed] by the Eritrean Government on Ethiopia [to] Reclaim and Develop their Properties in Ethiopia’.

2. Scope of Application

1. This Directive is applicable to Eritreans who, due to the invasion of Ethiopia by the Eritrean government, were deported from Ethiopia upon being deemed a threat to national security.
2. Notwithstanding the provision of sub-article one of this article, this Directive is not applicable to Eritreans who have close ties with commercial and security entities which are particularly administered by the Eritrean government.

3. Property Administration
Eritreans deported from Ethiopia who used to own property or a business enterprise in Ethiopia can, pursuant to Article 5, carry on commercial activities upon presentation of the necessary proof, if the property or the business has not been sold or wound up and it is being managed by their agents.

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Themes: Discrimination, Ethnic/Racial/Religious, Dual Nationality, Nationality and Refugees
Regions: Ethiopia
Year: 2009