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Refugee Status
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Nationality and Borders Act 2022: Asylum Seekers
The new Nationality and Borders Act 2022 was enacted on 28 April 2022. This article will summarise some aspects affecting asylum seekers. The following topics will be discussed in this article…
ImmigrationProf Blog
5,000 Asylum-Seekers Added to the Migrant Protection Protocols 2.0, Few Are Granted Asylum
During the last six months, over 5,000 asylum seekers have been required to remain in Mexico under the current implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)—also known as MPP 2.0—while…
The Asylumist
Are Asylum Seekers in the United States Safe from Their Persecutors?
By Jason Dzubow
The United States has long been a haven for political refugees. But there are examples of operatives from the home […]
ImmigrationProf Blog
UK’s Policy of Shipping Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Challenged
Prince Charles. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia CommonsKit Johnson previously blogged about the United Kingdom's extraordinary decision to ship asylum seekers to Rwanda. The controversy over the policy continues The Associated…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Access to a Doctor, Access to Justice? An Empirical Study on the Impact of Forensic Medical Examinations in Preventing Deportations by Nermeen Arastu
Access to a Doctor, Access to Justice? An Empirical Study on the Impact of Forensic Medical Examinations in Preventing Deportations by Nermeen ArastuAbstractYear after year, the United States has remained…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Human Rights Watch — Mexico: Asylum Seekers Face Abuses at Southern Border
Migrants and asylum seekers who enter Mexico through its southern border face abuses and struggle to obtain protection or legal status as a result of policies aimed at preventing them…
ImmigrationProf Blog
BBC Reports on Hunger Strike by Asylum Seekers in the UK Notified of Planned Deportation to Rwanda
Mohamed Shalaby and Emir Nader report for the BBC that asylum seekers in the United Kingdom have been on a hunger strike in protest of their pending deportations to Rwanda.As…
Clinical Law Prof Blog
SCHOLARSHIP ROUND-UP!!! 2021 publications
Thanks to everyone who participated in the call for recent scholarship. Members of our community have produced a number of truly interesting articles. They are divided into broad categories below…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Report: The Biden Administration’s Dedicated Docket: Inside Los Angeles’ Accelerated Court Hearings for Families Seeking Asylum
A new report by students in UCLA Law's Immigrants' Rights Policy Clinic, “The Biden Administration’s Dedicated Docket: Inside Los Angeles’ Accelerated Court Hearings for Families Seeking Asylum,” was released today.…
The Asylumist
Traveling With Your Passport When You Have Asylum
By Jason Dzubow
A common question for asylees (people who have been granted asylum) is whether they can travel using their home country […]