Asylum Seekers Case Summary

6. Recommendations It is recommended that 1. Government should accelerate the speed of intake asylum seeker. Improve the program. Clear the duties of every departments and let them take actions. Simplify the process to provide a swift process for settle asylum seekers.

A determination of convention refugee status is made by an immigration officer or tribunal, based on several factors under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (“the Act”).

(Human Rights Law Centre, 2011). It is stated that immigration detention is not used to punish people, but instead it is administrative function whereby those people do not have a valid visa were detained and assessed and if proven to be legal they have a rights to stay and if not they will be immediately removed from the country. The concern is to reconcile what the requirements of the UN and those of the Migration Act.

Refugees, asylum seekers and UASC are terms which are often used interchangeably but have different legal definitions (Ruxton, 1996). For the purpose of this assignment it is important to differentiate between these terms. A refugee is a person "owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country…" (Article 1 of the United Convention of Human Rights, 1951). An asylum seeker is “a person who has left their country of origin, has applied for recognition as a refugee in

The respondents are charged with removability pursuant to INA § 212(a)(6)(A)(i) as aliens present in the U.S. without being admitted or paroled, which respondents have conceded. Lead respondent filed an I-589 Asylum Application received by the USCIS on April 8, 2016, or within one (1) year of her arrival (see Tab J – USCIS Receipt, and Tab A – Form I-589 and Tab P – Amended Form I-589). The co-respondent is listed as

This report examines that the impacts of immigration detention and violating of human rights with the mental health care of asylum seekers. In the recent years, increased number of illegal immigrants arriving by boat in Australia. This raises key issues concerning about mental health of asylum-seekers, especially for detained immigrants. Research shows that Australia currently own around 13,000 refugees per annum, under the Refugee Convention (1951), Australia has obligation to evaluate refugee claims, but it processes only 2.2% of them made to 44 industrialised countries (p.315).

Issue: Whether a minor child can file for asylum without the consent of a parent or legal guardian?

There were four changes made to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The first change was replacing the Basis of Claim (BOC) form with the Personal Information Form (PIF). This change meant that people who make a refugee claim at an office in Canada must submit a completed BOC during their eligibility interview. If they made a refugee claim at a port of entry then they must submit their BOC to the IRB no later than 15 days after their claim is referred to the IRB. Another change made was that the hearings at the (IRB) would be conducted by public servant decision-makers rather than people appointed by the Governor in Council (GIC). Also, hearings for most claimants would be held no later than 60 days after the refugee claim is referred to the IRB. And finally, for claimants from designated countries of origin, their hearings would be held no later than 45 days after referral to the IRB for those who

One Australian Catholic organisation that works with refugees and asylum seekers is Catholic Care. This particular organisation helps refugees and asylum seekers in several ways such as the asylum seeker support program and the refugee settlement program. The asylum seeker support program offers hope to all the asylum seekers, whether there in a family or by themselves. Upon receiving hope the asylums can do anything they want, because “you can achieve anything you set your mind to”. They also help move asylum seekers from immigration detention centres to community detention centres. Community detention centres have a more constructive and progressive outcome to help asylums reach their potential. Furthermore the refugee settlement program

Under INA: Act 208 – Asylum Section 208(a), Authority to Apply for Asylum, Section 208(a)(2) suggests veritable “exceptions” to this right, however, those exceptions are not applicable to this case. (INA: ACT 208 – ASYLUM Sec. 208.

the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty guidelines issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, including the Revised Guidelines on Applicable Criteria and Standards Relating to the Detention of Asylum

I began my unexpected long journey from Pakistan. I had to go to Pakistan in order to get asylum visa from the United Nation. The whole process was supposed to take about few months, but unfortunately during that time Pakistan went through revolt and Pakistan army took over of the government. It was a bad chaos in Pakistan, must of the embassies including the United Nations were closed for months and nobody new when things would go back to

Due to the overwhelming need of people seeking an immigration status, ILS attorneys have weekly intake consultations, where anyone can meet an attorney and determine if he or she or their family are eligible to apply for refugee status. Much of the effort of the ILS staff concerns helping asylum seekers gather the proof necessary to document their cases (Here's What).

Kanthasamy vs Canada ruling have lead to a broader and more inclusive definition to be considered for humanitarian and compassionate ground. The Supreme Court of Canada pointed that immigration officers should regard “unusual and undeserved or disproportionate hardship” factors described in the Ministerial Guidelines for review of H & C applications more descriptively rather not creating three new thresholds that must be met by potential applicants. The new interpretation after the Kanthasamy case means that while making decision on humanitarian and compassionate applications, all the factors should be substantively considered rather than just evaluating them against the given rigid criteria. The assessment of potential hardship if an applicant might be against if returned to their native country should not be narrow and constricted.

For many, the United States is more than nation of freedom. By September of 2016, 84,995 refugees had been admitted to country, the largest amount since 2002. All of which are fleeing persecution and harm from their country of origin. However, hundreds are denied entry to the U.S., not for