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Refugee Status

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ImmigrationProf Blog March 17, 2012
2012 Conable Conference in International Studies Refugees, Asylum Law, and Expert Testimony: The Construction of Africa & the Global South in Comparative Perspective
By immigrationprof
2012 Conable Conference in International Studies Refugees, Asylum Law, and Expert Testimony: The Construction of Africa & the Global South in Comparative Perspective Rochester Institute of Technology, April 12-14, 2012sylum…
European Court of Human Rights News February 8, 2012
Judgement I.M v. France (9152/09) : order to deport asylum seeker to Sudan despite his appeal : violation art.13 and 3
By Team
On December 23rd 2008, Mr. I.M was arrested for “unlawful entry” and for “using forged documents” at the railway station of Cerbère in France. During his police custody, his claim…
ImmigrationProf Blog February 3, 2012
Why Did an Asylum Seeker to the US End Up in a Liberian Prison?
By immigrationprof
Why Did an Asylum Seeker to the US End Up in a Liberian Prison? by Deepa Fernandes and Abdulai Bah January 31, 2012 tells what happened to one deportee from the…
ImmigrationProf Blog January 8, 2012
Franklin & Marshall Students Help Asylum Seekers
By immigrationprof
From the Associated Press:A few years after leaving Franklin and Marshall College's leafy campus in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, alumna Kristen Stephen and Morgan Marks reconnected last month at an apartment on a…
The Faculty Lounge November 6, 2011
Dr. Seuss Meets Immigration Law
When we were researching Lawtalk we discovered that even very serious subjects could have lighthearted labels. One of the most striking is the term wet foot, dry foot, used to…
ImmigrationProf Blog October 30, 2011
Justice to Make State Department Advisory Opinions on Asylum Applications Discretionary
By immigrationprof
The Department of Justice has annoiunced that it is planning to amend its regulations to alter the process by which the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) forwards asylum applications…
ImmigrationProf Blog October 21, 2011
Immigration Article of the Day: “Defining Persecution” by SCOTT REMPELL
By immigrationprof
"Defining Persecution" by SCOTT REMPELL, South Texas College of Law.ABSTRACT: Persecution is the core concept of asylum and refugee protection. Although thousands (if not tens of thousands) of decisions hinge…
ImmigrationProf Blog October 18, 2011
Asylum Access Founder Honored
By immigrationprof
Emily Arnold-Fernandez founded Asylum Access, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that has enlisted volunteer lawyers and helped more than 7,000 refugees in Asia, Africa and Latin America in the five years of…
ImmigrationProf Blog October 18, 2011
MATTER OF N-T- AS PROGENY OF MATTER OF A-T-: A TEACHING TOOL FOR FGM CASES by Geoffrey A. Hoffman (University of Houston Immigration Clinic)
By immigrationprof
This case will make an interesting teaching example for immigration professors discussing the ramifications of the Attorney General’s precedential decision on female genital mutilation (FGM), Matter of A-T- I&N Dec.…
SBM Blog October 4, 2011
Immigration, Asylum, Torture, and Lying
By Angelo Carosio
"The Asylum Seeker" in this week's New Yorker describes an immigration system so daunting for some legitimate asylum seekers that an industry of non-attorney "asylum coaches" or "case builders" has…