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Under international law, a refugee is a person who has fled their own country of nationality or habitual residence, and cannot return due to fear of persecution on account of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
Prior to the 1951 convention, the League of Nations' Convention relating to the International Status of Refugees, of 28 October 1933, dealt with administrative measures such as the issuance of Nansen certificates, refoulement, legal questions, labour conditions, industrial accidents, welfare and relief, education, fiscal regime and exemption from reciprocity, and provided for the creation of ...
A specified number of legally defined refugees who are granted refugee status outside the United States are annually admitted under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 for firm resettlement. [1] [2] Other people enter the United States with or without inspection, and apply for asylum under section 1158. [3] Asylum in the United States has two
The Biden administration will allow some migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who are already in Mexico to apply to enter the United States as refugees, White House national security ...
But facing pressure from U.S. lawmakers and refugee advocates, the Biden administration said on March 24 that the United States would use "the full range of legal pathways" to accept up to 100,000 ...
Refugee resettlement is likely on the chopping block for the incoming administration. When Trump first took office, he reduced President Barack Obama’s cap of 110,000 refugee admissions for 2017 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Refugees who had been approved to travel to the United States before a Jan. 27 deadline suspending America's refugee resettlement program have had their travel plans canceled by the Trump administration. Thousands of refugees are now stranded at various locations around the globe.
There are limited exceptions where a refusal of entry would breach the Human Rights Convention or the Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, but otherwise it will only be in exceptional circumstances that the public interest in maintaining entry refusal will be outweighed by compelling factors.