US election: African asylum seekers in limbo
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Dr. Yves Kaduli, a 38-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo, fled his country in 2014 after being kidnapped and tortured; he participated in protests against violence in Congo alongside Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege; Kaduli's journey to the US included passing through Rwanda, Cuba, Ecuador, and Nicaragua, arriving at the US-Mexico border in 2019; he was detained for 15 months and now lives in Virginia, awaiting an asylum decision; in 2022, 13,000 African migrants were recorded at the US-Mexico border, rising to 58,000 in 2023; asylum applications from Senegal increased from 773 in 2022 to 13,224 in 2024; both major US political parties are focusing on immigration in their campaigns; Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have proposed contrasting immigration policies; many African migrants face challenges in the asylum process due to language barriers and lack of awareness of their home countries' conflicts; there are calls for more legal routes for African migrants, including humanitarian parole; Kaduli expresses hope for his family's future in the US despite the uncertainty of his asylum case.
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