Newspaper reporter Yu Donghui Washington reported on July 30th, a reporter from the American judicial department was informed that, in fiscal year 2005 USA received Chinese seeking political asylum case 7540 cases, the same year approved 1442 cases, conditional 1556 cases, 2575 cases refused.

From the past 5 years, Chinese seeking political asylum direct approval rate of only 15%, rejection rate of about 40%, there are a large number of supplementary conditions allow the persistence of case.

In amnesty no today, political asylum by many Chinese illegal immigrants as one of the main ways of staying USA seek. The U.S. - China cooperation in the repatriation of illegal immigrants on the occasion, the Chinese complain America approved large political asylum case, make this cooperation overshadowed; Washington says, accelerate repatriation can reduce political asylum abuse.

Chinese public security minister Zhou Yongkang just visited America, the repatriation of illegal immigrants and other judicial cooperation conducted exchanges with the U.S., hunted down the escaped prisoner, and reached consensus in many aspects.

From the USA Justice Department announced data, fiscal 2000 to fiscal year 2004, USA received Chinese political asylum to 30000 6 more than 1000 cases; 2001 to 2005, 5259 cases of direct approval, denial of 14875 cases, 10544 cases with conditions.

A study in New York found that Syracuse University, an immigration judge to be quite different in different sentence, judge Hansen of Miami (Mahlon Hanson) vetoed nine into seven the handling of asylum case; and the New York judge Macmanus (Margaret McManus) only to less than one percent of the asylum.

There is no lawyer, a different result. The lawyer refused to rate was 64%, no lawyer refused to rate as high as 93%. In fiscal year 2005 American received political asylum to more than 5, more than 1 approved, rejected nearly twenty thousand.