Applying for Asylum

Foreign nationals seeking asylum must demonstrate a well-founded fear that if returned home, they will be persecuted based upon one of five characteristics: race, religion, nationality, and membership in a particular social group or political opinion. This book explores the asylum policy in the United States wherein some assert that asylum has become an alternative pathway for immigration rather than humanitarian protection. Others argue that given the religious, ethnic and political violence in various countries around the world, it has become difficult to differentiate the persecuted from the persecutors and that U.S. sympathies for asylum seekers could inadvertently facilitate the entry of terrorists.

ISBN	1614702543	DEWEY edition	DC22
ISBN13	9781614702542 (What's this?)	Weight (grammes)	726
Publisher	Nova Science Publishers Inc	Published in	New York
Imprint	Nova Science Publishers Inc	Height (mm)	180
Format	Hardback	Width (mm)	260
Publication date	26 Apr 2012	Academic level	Postgraduate
DEWEY	323.631

Preface; Asylum & "Credible Fear" Issues in U.S. Immigration Policy; Asylum & Withholding of Removal Relief Convention Against Torture Protections; Female Genital Mutilation as Persecution: When Can It Constitute a Basis for Asylum & Withholding of Removal?; Significant Variation Existed in Asylum Outcomes Across Immigration Courts & Judges; Agencies Have Taken Actions to Help Ensure Quality in the Asylum Adjudication Process, but Challenges Remain; Index.

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