Mr. Teo En Ming's Refugee Seeking Attempts as of 31 Jan 2025

Subject: Mr. Teo En Ming's Refugee Seeking Attempts as of 31 Jan 2025

Good day from Singapore,

My name is Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) @ Time Traveller. I am a Singapore Citizen, and was born in Singapore in 1978.

I have attempted to apply for political asylum and refugee status in the following countries.

[01] United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Bangkok, Thailand

I flew from Singapore to Bangkok, Thailand on 21 March 2017. Upon arrival at the airport, I took a taxi to UNHCR Bangkok building. A UNHCR Bangkok staff told me I would need to spend a few months waiting in Bangkok for the first interview. The UNHCR Bangkok staff told me there is no refugee shelter in Bangkok and there is no financial assistance whatsoever. At that time, SGD$300 is all the money that I had. I realized that I won't have enough money to book a hotel in Bangkok and pay for all expenses while waiting in Bangkok for a few months. I definitely won't be able to survive in Bangkok for a few months with just SGD$300 in my bank account. I flew back to Singapore on 22 March 2017.

After I returned to Singapore, UNHCR Bangkok informed me that I do not qualify to be a refugee.

[02] Taiwan (Republic of China)

I had applied for refugee status in person at the National Immigration Agency Ministry of the Interior in Taipei on 5 Aug 2019. Documents were submitted to the Director of the National Immigration Agency. Taiwanese immigration informed me that Taiwan does not have refugee laws and Taiwan does not accept refugees. I have not received any response from the Taiwanese government ever since.

[03] Australia

There is Form 842 - Application for an offshore humanitarian visa - Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visa.

On 25 Dec 2019 (Christmas Day), I sent Form 842 by DHL to the following address in Australia.

Visa and Citizenship office - Canberra
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
Department of Home Affairs
Australian Government
3 Lonsdale Street
Braddon ACT 2612
Australia

The Australian Department of Home Affairs NSW received my Form 842 on 27 Dec 2019.

Then on 8 Jan 2020, I sent Form 842 by postal mail to the Australian High Commission in Singapore.

On 17 Jan 2020 Friday at 1.25 PM, I received a call from Jennifer at the Australian High Commission in Singapore.

On 10 Mar 2020 Tuesday at 3.38 PM, I received another telephone call from Jennifer Munro at the Australian High Commission in Singapore.

The Australian High Commission in Singapore had referred my refugee application to the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

On 10 Mar 2020, I received a letter from the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur with the Subject: Acknowledgement of valid application for a REFUGEE AND HUMANITARIAN (Class XB) IN-COUNTRY SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN PROGRAM (Subclass 201) visa.

On 23 Apr 2020, I had received a final letter from the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur with the Subject: Notification of the refusal of a REFUGEE AND HUMANITARIAN (Class XB) IN-COUNTRY SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN PROGRAM (Subclass 201) visa. That is to say that the Australian Government had rejected my refugee application. In the letter, the Australian Government recognized that I faced some degree of discrimination in Singapore but I still do not meet the requirements for a refugee visa.

[04] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)

On 22 Oct 2023, I flew from Singapore to Shanghai and then from Shanghai to London by Air China airline. I arrived at London Gatwick Airport on 23 Oct 2023. Upon arrival, I applied for refugee status at the airport immediately.

British immigration officers and London Gatwick Airport personnel told me:

(a) they have no idea how long the refugee status application processing may take.

(b) but the Worst Case Scenario was that I may need to wait for up to 5 years in a detention center.

(c) I will not be able to work or have a job in the UK for up to 5 years, until refugee status application is approved. Hence I will have no income for up to 5 years.

(d) I will not be able to step out of the detention center for up to 5 years and cannot go to coffee shops and shopping malls in the UK freely, until refugee status application is approved.

Even if refugee status application is approved:

(e) I will not be able to go back to Singapore to bring my elderly mother to the UK

(f) The British Government will not pay for my mother's stay in a mental hospital in the UK

(g) I will not be able to go back to Singapore to bring my personal belongings to the UK

(h) I will not be able to go back to Singapore to revoke my citizenship, and hence I cannot withdraw SGD$120,000 from my CPF account for spending in the UK

I was already 45 years old in the year 2023, if I waited for 5 years in the UK, and if Refugee Status Application is not approved and the British Government deported me back to Singapore at the end of 5 years, I would have wasted a lot of my time (half a decade). Because I am very old now. At that point in time, I decided to withdraw my refugee application in the UK.

After I had decided to withdraw my refugee application in the UK, I was transferred by a van from London Gatwick Airport to London Heathrow Airport. From there, the British Government fully paid for my FREE Singapore Airlines SIA SQ321 flight from London back to Singapore. I arrived in Singapore on 24 Oct 2023.

[05] South Korea

I flew from Singapore to Seoul, South Korea by Scoot airline on 7 Jan 2025 Tuesday. Upon arrival at Incheon Airport, I applied for refugee status immediately. I was transferred to the Refugee Waiting Room at Incheon Airport. On 9 Jan 2025 Thursday, I was interviewed by South Korean immigration with the help of an interpreter who can understand and speak English. The following day, on 10 Jan 2025 Friday, the Korean government had swiftly rejected my refugee application. One of the reasons the Korean government cited is that I had applied for refugee status in South Korea primarily and mainly out of economic reasons. But I had also informed the Korean government that I have government-induced schizophrenia mental illness and lots of numerous government-induced health and medical problems (slow kill). The Korean government then asked me to purchase a Scoot air ticket to fly back to Singapore. I was transferred from the Refugee Waiting Room to the Departure Waiting Room at Incheon Airport on 10 Jan 2025 Friday. I was allowed to roam the whole of Incheon Airport Terminal 1 with the exception of the concourse.

On 11 Jan 2025 Saturday at 10 pm, I took the Scoot flight from Incheon Airport back to Singapore. I arrived in Singapore on 12 Jan 2025 Sunday in the early hours of the morning.

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Targeted Individual in Singapore