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Make Refugee Status Conditional?
By Nayla Rush
Excerpt: Former Lebanese President Michel Aoun recently called for the revocation of refugee status of Syrians in Lebanon, arguing that the presence of most Syrian refugees was no longer justified, given the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, which brought an end to more than 14 years of civil war. Can the United States take a lesson from this?
It’s Time for Congress to Protect ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: The problem with expecting Congress to fix the patent defects in the UAC process is children’s issues are easily demagogued, and a UAC industry created by the TVPRA has a vested interest in the status quo.
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Appeals Board Restricts Asylum for Certain Gender-Based Persecution Claims
By Elizabeth Jacobs
Excerpt: The Board of Immigration Appeals issued a ruling that will make it more difficult to receive asylum in the United States because of domestic or gender-based violence. The ruling, however, still leaves open the possibility that an applicant could obtain asylum because of gender-based violence in limited circumstances.
Will We Be Seeing More British Asylum Claims?
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: If I told you the U.S. Department asserts that “the human rights situation worsened in” the past year with “significant human rights issues” in a country, would you guess it was referring to the United Kingdom?
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