Chalaine Chang is a Canadian freelance journalist, currently based in Cairo. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/chalaine-chang/rss en Crises & Conflicts Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:21:58 +0000 Chalaine Chang https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/09/12/in-egypt-oromo-asylum-seekers-desperate-enough-to-self-immolate https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/09/12/in-egypt-oromo-asylum-seekers-desperate-enough-to-self-immolate Frustrations among Oromo refugees from Ethiopia stranded in Egypt over long waits for their claims to be processed by the U.N. refugee agency and the high rate of rejection have recently mounted to horrifying extremes.