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  • UN official says refugee bill inconsistent with intern ... By Kristen Shane | Embassy May 9, 2012 The UN refugee agency’s representative in Canada is urging the Harper...Read more
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  • Far-Flung New Zealand Sees Risk From Boat Refugees by The Associated Press | via NPR May 1, 2012 New Zealand may be one of the most geographically isolated nations o...Read more
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    Rozina Gebrehiwot Teweldbrhan and Merhawir Okubu Teweldbrhan v The Ministe... Canada, Mar 29, 2012

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    Habibollah Nabizadeh, Farshad Nabizadeh v The Minister of Citizenship and ... Canada, Mar 28, 2012

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    Zhang Sheng Wang v The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Mar 22, 2012

    A Chinese Falun Gong practitioner experienced harassment from the Public Security Bureau on the basis of act...

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    Emilio Flores Jacobo v The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Mar 21, 2012

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  • Identification for Malian Native/Asylum Case
    By Adrian (San Diego, California, United States)| May 2, 2012

    I represent Malian native seeking asylum in the US, on a pro-bono basis. He arrived at the border months before the coup and humanitarian crisis began. He is a farmer ...
  • Political refugee with DUI charge/potential expungement
    By Timothy (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)| Mar 21, 2012

    I am a Public Defender in Pennsylvania and have a client who is a political refugee from Nepal. He has been in the U.S. for 9 months and is scheduled to be granted perma ...
  • Asylum Proceeding
    By beker (Wien, Neidosterrich, Austria)| Mar 12, 2012

    My client applied for asylum based on his political opinion,he testified at lengh during a master hearing,presented evidence to support his claim including 1-A stateme ...
  • False documents
    By beker (Wien, Neidosterrich, Austria)| Mar 12, 2012

    My client applied for asylum based on political opinion. He submitted Evidence ,1- A Statement from the president of his his political party confirming his persecution, ...
  • Loss of Italian permanent residency
    By Martin (Thornhill, On, Canada)| Jan 26, 2012

    My client obtained PR status in Italy through family unification. She got married and then divorced in 2003. Has she lost her PR status because she is now divorced?
  • Convention travel document and consular assistance
    By Harriet (London, London, United Kingdom)| Dec 16, 2011

    Can the issuing of a convention travel document give a refugee travelling to a third country an expectation of consular assistance? Only a British citizen is entitled ...
  • self employment fo Refugees n the USA
    By moti (Petach Tikva, Israel, Israel)| Oct 5, 2011

    What is the policy in the US regarding a refugee that desirses to run a bussines ? Are there any restictions on him or her? Does a temporary protected person has the sam ...
  • Statelessness in Norway
    By Dana (Bygland, Aust-Agder, Norway)| Sep 2, 2011

    Which section of the EU human rights law and/or Statelessness convention or any Treaty or agreement Norway have signed, Can Palestinians from Iraq, Egypt and Palestinian ...
  • Are there cases in which harm directed to a close family member would extend to the applicant as a basis for past persecution?
    By Benjamin (Houston, Texas, United States)| Aug 31, 2011

    The actual physical harm was directed to a close family member (applicant's father and uncle); threats of substantial bodily harm and death were directed to the applican ...
  • in the case of dual citizenship where one for sure will persecute and the other won't do a thing
    By Rosina (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)| Aug 19, 2011

    My case is exactly the same as this one: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4e00bd732.html . I was accused of bringing someone out of Islam and because my parents said ...