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Refugee Status
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Stewart Sharma Harsanyi Blogs
The Refugee Hearing
The hearing (for claimants in Calgary) is held at the IRB offices at 201, 225 Manning Road NE. It may be held via videoconference despite the fact that Calgary has…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Judge Posner’s Latest Asylum Decision
For Judge Posner's latest asylum decision for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, see Download TG13OC9G[1]. The case involves a particular social group claim by a Salvadoran based…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Canadian Court Allows Asylum Petition of Lesbian in U.S. Military
From Niels Frenzen:Mr. Justice de Montigny of the Canadian Federal Court has allowed an application for judicial review of the claim filed by B.L.S., a 21-year-old U.S. citizen who claimed…
International Law Prof Blog
Canadian Federal Court Allows Asylum Petition of Lesbian in U.S. Military
Mr. Justice de Montigny of the Canadian Federal Court has allowed an application for judicial review of the claim filed by B.L.S., a 21-year-old U.S. citizen who claimed protection in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Asylum Webinar Series: LGBT & HIV, Material Support, & Fundamentals
From the Immigrant Legal Resource Center:Asylum Webinar SeriesFundamentals of Asylum Law and Practice WebinarWednesday, November 18, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PST (1.5 MCLE)Click here to register nowThis webinar will…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Compelling Immigration Video on a Transgender Asylum Seeker
Here is a powerful new immigration video of Esmeralda, a transgender asylum seeker from Mexico who faced extreme abuse in immigration detention. This is the latest video from the Restore…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Study on the Misuse of Antiterrorism Laws on Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Human Rights First, a non-partisan group based in New York and Washington, DC, issued a study finding that U.S. antiterrorism laws are being applied so strictly that thousands of refugees…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Disappeared Asylum Seeker
The L.A. Times reports on a successful asylum applicant from Iran represented by the Pepperdine Immigration Law Clinic. The real story is that she has disappeared and does not know that…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Call for Investigation of Detention of Mexican Official Who U.S. Government Held as an Asylum-Seeker — But Who Never Asked for Asylum
A very odd story has been floating around for the last week or so and there is no doubt much more going on behind the scenes. AP reports that "[s]upporters…
Health Law Prof Blog
UK Border Agencies Start Pilot Program Using DNA Testing to Prove the Origin of Asylum Seekers Claiming to Be From Somalia
The UK Border Agency came under attack for its proposed plan to use genetics to determine nationality. According to a report in Nature, a pilot project was implemented to confirm…