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Refugee Status
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Understanding the Migrant Journey and the Business Model of Smuggling Networks
Facing unprecedented numbers of asylum seekers and other migrants seeking to gain entry to Europe via the often perilous Central Mediterranean route, European policymakers are drawing upon an incomplete evidence…
Human Rights at Home Blog
If They are Placed in Prison like Criminals, Then Why Don’t they get a Lawyer?
By Yujin Chun & Carolyn Wald, Cornell Law School Students in the Appellate Immigration Asylum Clinic (with Professor Sital Kalantry) Marta Sanchez* has lived in a cell for over a year.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Matter of J—H—J— Means Likely 212(h) Eligibility for Refugees as Well
The Board of Immigration Appeals issued an important decision last week that likely provides potential deportation relief to lawful permanent residents who initially entered as refugees and subsequently commit aggravated…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Prosecuting a Refugee for ‘Smuggling’ Himself by James C. Hathaway
Prosecuting a Refugee for 'Smuggling' Himself by James C. Hathaway, University of Michigan Law SchoolAbstract: During the summer of 2010, a Thai-registered ship operated by human smugglers – the MV…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Drug Cartel Violence in Michoacán, Mexico
Guest blogger: Lorena Caldera – second-year graduate student, University of San Francisco School of Education This semester I was given the opportunity to volunteer at Centro Legal de La Raza,…
International Law Prof Blog
Europe continues to struggle with response to migrants at sea
Almost six thousand more migrants were rescued from the Mediterrean Sea over the weekend attempting the journey from northern Africa to Europe. Ten bodies were also recovered. The migrants were found…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Humanitarian Protection for Children Fleeing Gang-Based Violence in the Americas by Elizabeth Carlson and Anna Marie Gallagher
Humanitarian Protection for Children Fleeing Gang-Based Violence in the Americas by Elizabeth Carlson and Anna Marie Gallagher, Maggio + KattarViolence perpetrated by gangs and other criminal organizations has contributed to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: From Surviving to Thriving? An Investigation of Asylee Integration in the United States by Lindsay Muir Harris
From Surviving to Thriving? An Investigation of Asylee Integration in the United States by Lindsay Muir Harris, Center for Applied Legal Studies, Georgetown University Law CenterUniversity of California, Berkeley January…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Amada Frost: Detention of fleeing immigrants isn’t worth the price
In this op/ed, Professor Amanda Frost thoughtfully questions whether the monetary and other significant costs of immigrant detention are worth the alleged benefits:"No one should be making money off the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Asylum Grants by Country of Nationality: The Top 25
Earlier this week, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Statistics Yearbook. Over the next few days, I will post some of the particularly…