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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 asylum seeker may be simultaneously recognized as a refugee [4] and given refugee status if their circumstances fall into the definition of refugee according to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees [4] or regionally applicable refugee laws—such as the European Convention on Human Rights, if within the European Union.
The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, also known as the 1951 Refugee Convention or the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 is a United Nations multilateral treaty that defines who a refugee is and sets out the rights of individuals who are granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum.
U.S. and Mexican officials are discussing a new U.S. refugee program for some non-Mexican asylum seekers waiting in Mexico, four sources said, part of President Joe Biden's attempts to create more ...
The U.N.'s migration and refugee agencies expressed concern over Biden administration plans for new asylum restrictions in the United States and said the right to asylum is fundamental. President ...
An asylum seeker is a displaced person or immigrant who has formally sought the protection of the state they fled to as well as the right to remain in this country and who is waiting for a decision on this formal application. An asylum seeker may have applied for Convention refugee status or for complementary forms of protection. Asylum is thus ...
Before asylum is granted, an asylum seeker may be recognized as a refugee according to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, which defines refugee as a person "who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a ...
Western governments are under growing domestic pressure to get tougher on asylum seekers and Grandi has previously criticised a plan by the former British government to transfer them to Rwanda.