Deborah Anker, author of Law of Asylum, talks about the 2016 edition of the treatise in the video below.
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Special Features of the 2016 Edition:
Gangs and Increasing Warfare in Central America; Emphasis on Political Opinion Ground
- Expanded sections on asylum and withholding status based on former gang membership
- Further developed section on eligibility based on opposition to gangs
- Addresses the mischaracterization of the term “gang”
Historical New Board Decision: Recognition of Domestic Violence as a Basis for Asylum
- Discussion of 2014 Board decision Matter of A-R-C-G-
- Addresses gender as a particular social group after 10 years of legal and other advocacy
Extensive Procedures Appendix
- Expanded and thoroughly updated Appendix A, added in the last edition
– Valentina Guerrero