Document #1328811
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
The following information was provided in a
telephone interview by an official at the Ethiopian embassy in
Washington, DC, on 18 September 1995.
Ethiopia does not recognize dual
nationality. Individuals born in the region of Eritrea who had
Ethiopian citizenship in 1991, the year of Eritrea's independence,
have two options: they can keep their Ethiopian citizenship, in
which case there is no change in their status; or they can seek to
acquire Eritrean citizenship. In the latter case, the Eritrean must
formally renounce his or her Ethiopian citizenship and/or return
any passport issued to him or her upon receiving Eritrean
citizenship.
Additional and/or corroborating information
could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. For
general information on Eritrean nationality law, please consult
Eritrean Nationality Proclamation No. 21/1992 attached to Response
to Information Request ETH20690.E of 18 May 1995.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Embassy of Ethiopia, Washington, DC. 18
September 1995. Telephone interview with official.