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Refugee Status
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Trump supporters planning immigration crackdown
Official White House PhotoA report from The Guardian (UK):"Donald Trump’s associates are making plans to deport asylum seekers as they try to figure out how to clear barriers to take severe…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Human Rights Watch Report: We Couldn’t Wait: Digital Metering at the US-Mexico Border
The administrations of U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are forcing thousands of people seeking asylum in the United Sttaes to wait for months in…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Gendered Violence of Asylum Reporting Requirements
By Tracy Thomas
Amelia Steadman McGowan, The Gendered Violence of Asylum Reporting Requirements, Columbia Human Rgts L Review (forthcoming) In the past two decades, some U.S. courts have created and imposed hardline, or “per…
ImmigrationProf Blog
EU migration overhaul stresses fast-track deportations and limited appeal rights for asylum seekers
Nicholas R. Micinski for The Conversation ("EU migration overhaul stresses fast-track deportations and limited appeal rights for asylum seekers") analyzes the proposed European Union asylum and migration reforms that focus…
The Asylumist
Mistakes Were Made
By Jason Dzubow
I recently prepared an asylum case for a married lesbian woman. The case was complicated by the fact that my […]
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Federal Court stresses the need for up-to-date country information in refugee decisions
The court considered new evidence indicating Mexico City may not be a safe place for gay men
UK Human Rights Blog
The Weekly Round-up: Trump on the ballot, government defeats in the House of Lords, and abortion a constitutional right
In UK news The government has suffered defeats in the House of Lords, as the peers voted through ten amendments to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. The…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Report reveals UK’s Illegal Migration Act set to create endless limbo for over 30,000 asylum seekers
Under the legislation, irregularly arriving migrants are barred from the asylum system
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Federal Court denies anonymity for Uyghur applicants in permanent residence case
Nonetheless, there will be measures to shield their minor children's information from public access
Religion Clause
Church of England Faces Controversy Over Insincere Conversions to Gain Asylum
The Telegraph reports on the controversy in Britain over whether the Church of England has been misled into converting Muslim migrants whose only motivation is to claim asylum on the…