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Refugee Status
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ImmigrationProf Blog
News from the North: Canadian Court Finds that U.S. Fails to Honor International Refugee Obligations
The Federal Court of Canada has ruled in favor of the Canadian Council for Refugees, Canadian Council of Churches, and Amnesty International in finding that it was inappropriate for the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
U.S. Deserters Denied Asylum in Canada
Randall Palmer and Lynne Olver report for Reuters:Two Americans who deserted the U.S. Army to protest against the war in Iraq lost their bid for refugee status in Canada on…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Drawing a Line Between Enduring Harm and Legitimate Fear
Adam Liptak writes, for the New York Times:When Alima Traore was a young girl in Mali, parts of her genitalia were cut off, which is the custom there.“In my country,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Rights Working Group and Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children to Testify Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Representatives of two leading advocacy organizations will speak at an hearing on U.S. detention of immigrants and asylum seekers before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights today. This is the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
NEW BIA Precedent: Matter of A-T- (FGM Not Continuing Persecution for Asylum Purposes)
The BIA on Friday issued Matter of A-T-, 24 I&N Dec. 296 (BIA2007), Interim Decision #3584, September 27, 2007 and ruled that"Because female genital mutilation (“FGM”) is a type of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New (Critical) Study on Asylum Adjudications
The Transactional Records Clearing House released a new study yesterday confirming that arbitrary disparities in asylum grant rates are a serious problem in immigration courts across the country. There are…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Iraqi scholars seek asylum
The Los Angeles Times reports that several Fulbright scholars fear returning to iraq and are seeking asylum in the United States. It is unclear how many Fulbright scholars have returned…
ImmigrationProf Blog
VOA on African Asylum Applicants
African immigrants in the United States are facing a number of challenges in attempting to get asylum. First the senate did not act on its reform package. Then several states…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Second Circuit En Banc Decision on Asylum Eligibility For Persons Who Flee Coercive Family Planning Practices
On July 16, the Second Circuit handed down an en banc decision in Shi Liang Lin v. Gonzales. The Court, in an opinion by Judge Barrington Parker, rejected the BIA's…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Rules That Women Who Underwent Forced Abortions Can Seek Asylum in U.S.
Via the Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report:A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in SanFrancisco on Wednesday unanimously ruled that women from othercountries, such as…