Information on the Royal Family of the Oromo tribe. Would the descendants of Sultan Abjobir Abadulla, granted political asylum in Saudi Arabia in 1985, automatically be entitled to such status?
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1991 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ETH9382 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Information on the Royal Family of the Oromo tribe. Would the descendants of Sultan Abjobir Abadulla, granted political asylum in Saudi Arabia in 1985, automatically be entitled to such status?, 1 November 1991, ETH9382, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac5d40.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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According to Paul Henze of the Rand Corporation in New York, Sultan Abjobir Abadulla heads a local noble Oromo family in the southwestern portion of Ethiopia. He adds that his family is one of dozens of such noble lines which would have influence in their local area. To the best of his knowledge, Mr. Henze does not think that Sultan Abadulla or members of his family are playing an important role in the new government in Ethiopia (Henze, 4 November 1991).
At this time, the IRBDC has no further published or publicly available information on the Sultan Abadulla and his family or on whether his descendants would be entitled to political asylum in Saudi Arabia.
Bibliography
Henze, Paul. 4 November 1991. Staff member of the Rand Corporation, New York, N.Y. Telephone Interview.
