asylum cases
Protection request proceedings
Asylum cases are legal proceedings in which people seek protection from persecution in their home country.
A person files an asylum case by claiming they face danger based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular group.
The immigration court has a backlog of thousands of asylum cases.
The term appears frequently in discussions of immigration policy and refugee crises.
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- immigration courtTribunal for deportation proceedings
- petitionFormal written appeal
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