Deborah Anker on Law of Asylum

          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