Jones Day attorneys routinely handle asylum and immigration matters, from filing the initial asylum application, to appearing before the immigration officer, to representing the applicant in Immigration Court. When necessary, Jones Day has further appealed asylum matters to the Board of Immigration Appeals and to the federal courts. Over the years, attorneys from the Firm have represented individuals seeking asylum from countries around the world including Albania, Angola, Bangladesh, Burma, Cameroon, China, Columbia, Ethiopia, Gambia, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kosovo, Liberia, Mexico, Mongolia, Palestine, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Syria, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.