Female Genital Mutilation as Persecution: When Can It Constitute a Basis for Asylum and Withholding of Removal?

Kim, Yule

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Violence;    Women;    Women refugees;    Crimes against women;    Immigration;   

RP-ID  :  RL34587
RP-ID  :  RL34587_2008Oct10

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report explores the basic statutory and regulatory framework that governs asylum law. This entails an outline of the requirements an applicant must meet in order to obtain relief under asylum law and a discussion about the differences between the two main forms of relief for aliens facing removal from the United States: asylum and withholding of removal. It will then examine several important issues and controversies concerning female genital mutilation (FGM) and its effect on asylum law.