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Truth Or Dare: A Framework For Analyzing Credibility In Children Seeking Asylum, Karen Elizabeth Smeda Apr 2017

Truth Or Dare: A Framework For Analyzing Credibility In Children Seeking Asylum, Karen Elizabeth Smeda

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U.S. border agents detained at least 52,000 unaccompanied minors from only four Central American countries-Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras-in 2014, while 95,000 unaccompanied children sought asylum in Europe in 2015.Given the ongoing turmoil in various parts of the world, these numbers will likely rise. Children are narrowly escaping their native countries. With little help available from legal counsel and little time to gather supporting evidence, more children are relying on the gamble of a positive credibility assessment in an asylum application. The stakes are high-either a new life in the United States, or probable fatality at home if deported.The …


Toward A More Individualized Assessment Of Changed Country Conditions Of Kosovar Asylum-Seekers, Christian A. Fundo Oct 2010

Toward A More Individualized Assessment Of Changed Country Conditions Of Kosovar Asylum-Seekers, Christian A. Fundo

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No abstract provided.


Street Children And U.S. Immigration Law: What Should Be Done, Laura P. Wexler Jul 2008

Street Children And U.S. Immigration Law: What Should Be Done, Laura P. Wexler

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No abstract provided.


Dissecting In Re D-J-: The Attorney General, Unchecked Power, And The New National Security Threat Posed By Haitian Asylum Seekers, Judy Amorosa Jan 2005

Dissecting In Re D-J-: The Attorney General, Unchecked Power, And The New National Security Threat Posed By Haitian Asylum Seekers, Judy Amorosa

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No abstract provided.


Anyplace But Home: Asylum In The United States For Women Fleeing Intimate Violence, Pamela Goldberg Jul 1993

Anyplace But Home: Asylum In The United States For Women Fleeing Intimate Violence, Pamela Goldberg

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No abstract provided.


Haitian Boat Interdiction And Return: First Asylum And First Principles Of Refugee Protection, Bill Frelick Jul 1993

Haitian Boat Interdiction And Return: First Asylum And First Principles Of Refugee Protection, Bill Frelick

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No abstract provided.


Gender-Related Persecution: Assessing The Asylum Claims Of Women, Nancy Kelly Jul 1993

Gender-Related Persecution: Assessing The Asylum Claims Of Women, Nancy Kelly

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No abstract provided.


Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death: Political Asylum And The Global Persecution Of Lesbians And Gay Men, Suzanne B. Goldberg Jul 1993

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death: Political Asylum And The Global Persecution Of Lesbians And Gay Men, Suzanne B. Goldberg

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No abstract provided.


Haitian Asylum Seekers: Interdiction And Immigrants’ Rights, Hiroshi Motomura Jul 1993

Haitian Asylum Seekers: Interdiction And Immigrants’ Rights, Hiroshi Motomura

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No abstract provided.


Toward Harmonized Asylum Procedures In North America: The Proposed United States-Canada Memorandum Of Understanding For Cooperation In The Examination Of Refugee Status Claims From Nationals Of Third Countries, Arthur C. Helton Jul 1993

Toward Harmonized Asylum Procedures In North America: The Proposed United States-Canada Memorandum Of Understanding For Cooperation In The Examination Of Refugee Status Claims From Nationals Of Third Countries, Arthur C. Helton

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No abstract provided.


Persecution Based On Political Opinion: Interpretation Of The Refugee Act Of 1980, Gregory S. Porter Jan 1992

Persecution Based On Political Opinion: Interpretation Of The Refugee Act Of 1980, Gregory S. Porter

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No abstract provided.


United States Asylum Procedures: Current Status And Proposals For Reform, Victoria L. Potelicki Jul 1981

United States Asylum Procedures: Current Status And Proposals For Reform, Victoria L. Potelicki

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No abstract provided.