U.S. Refugee Programs for 1991: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, on the Proposed U.S. Refugee Resettlement Admissions Program for Fiscal Year 1991, October 3, 1990, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 349 pages |
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... social group , or political opinion . In the past , we have not ignored the plight of those who face a well - founded fear of per- secution . Yet the Refugee Act of 1980 underscores that we are unable to admit refugees who claim ...
... social group , or political opinion . In the past , we have not ignored the plight of those who face a well - founded fear of per- secution . Yet the Refugee Act of 1980 underscores that we are unable to admit refugees who claim ...
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... states that a refugee is one who must leave his or her country " because of a well - founded fear of persecution on account of race , religion , nationality , -1- membership in a particular social group , or political opinion.
... states that a refugee is one who must leave his or her country " because of a well - founded fear of persecution on account of race , religion , nationality , -1- membership in a particular social group , or political opinion.
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... social group , or political opinion . " In the past we have not ignored the plight of those . who face a " well - founded fear of persecution . " Yet , the Refugee Act of 1980 underscores that we are unable to admit refugees who claim ...
... social group , or political opinion . " In the past we have not ignored the plight of those . who face a " well - founded fear of persecution . " Yet , the Refugee Act of 1980 underscores that we are unable to admit refugees who claim ...
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... social group . Refugee advocates say that INS uses a double standard in judging asylum claims : refusing asylum to people fleeing violence from U.S. allies such as El Salvador and Guatemala , and granting it to people fleeing lefist ...
... social group . Refugee advocates say that INS uses a double standard in judging asylum claims : refusing asylum to people fleeing violence from U.S. allies such as El Salvador and Guatemala , and granting it to people fleeing lefist ...
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... social conditions to enable them to return home , the international community must be pre- pared to provide the resources necessary to sustain them . FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS A major thrust of congressional attention to refugee affairs ...
... social conditions to enable them to return home , the international community must be pre- pared to provide the resources necessary to sustain them . FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS A major thrust of congressional attention to refugee affairs ...
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adjudicated admissions numbers admissions program Afghans Africa Amerasians American Angola applications approximately arrivals asylum-seekers border Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia citizens Committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY continued displaced persons EAGLEBURGER East Asia Eastern Europe economic El Salvador emigration enter estimated Ethiopia ethnic fiscal year 1991 fled funding groups Honduras Hong Kong humanitarian ICRC immigration increased Indochinese refugees Iran Iranians Iraqi large numbers major Mauritania ment Migration million Mozambicans Mozambique Nicaraguans number of refugees Orderly Departure Program organizations percent permanent resettlement persecution political priority refu Refugee Act refugee admissions Refugee Affairs refugee assistance refugee population refugee program refugee resettlement refugee status region remain Resettlement Needs residence Romania Rwanda Salvador Salvadorans Senator DECONCINI Senator KENNEDY Senator SIMPSON Senegal small number Somalia South Soviet Union Sudan Thailand tion TOTAL Turkey U.S. refugee UNBRO UNHCR United UNRWA Vietnam Vietnamese visa voluntary agencies voluntary repatriation Zaire
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Page 256 - refugee" means (A) any person who is outside any country of such person's nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, is outside any country in which such person last habitually resided, and who is unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of, that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion...
Page 295 - General shall promptly submit to the division of the court and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report specifying the facts found and the ultimate grounds for such removal.
Page 256 - refugee" does not include any person who ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
Page 12 - People who have fled their country because of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group and who cannot or do not want to return.
Page 105 - The President The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: The...
Page 102 - ... United States under section 208 of the Act (8 USC 1158), as this is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. In accordance with section...
Page 304 - Congress, that the following persons may, if otherwise qualified, be considered refugees for the purpose of admission to the United States while still within their countries of nationality or habitual residence: a. Persons in Vietnam and Laos who have past or present ties to the United States or who have been or currently are in reeducation camps in Vietnam or seminar camps in Laos, and their accompanying family members. b. Present and former political prisoners and persons in imminent danger of...
Page 101 - FY 1993 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest; provided, however, that this number shall be understood as including persons admitted to the United States during FY 1993 with Federal refugee resettlement assistance under the Amerasian immigrant admissions program, as provided in paragraph (b) below.
Page 7 - By changing the standard to refugees of "special humanitarian concern," the Committee intends to emphasize that the plight of the refugees themselves, as opposed to national origins or political considerations, should be paramount in determining which refugees are to be admitted to the United States.
Page 325 - Compelling concern/interest: exceptional cases of (a) refugees who are in immediate danger of loss of life and for whom there appears to be no alternative to resettlement in the United States, or (b) refugees of compelling concern to the United States such as former or present political prisoners and dissidents.