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Asylum Claims for Individuals Fleeing Climate Change or Environmental Disasters: Making the Best Use of Existing Legal Frameworks

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Jul 23, 2024

This document summarizes CGRS's practice advisories, "Analyzing Asylum Claims for Individuals Fleeing Climate Change or Environmental Disasters" and "Investigating Climate-Related Aspects of Fear-of-Return Claims." The first advisory explains how displaced individuals can seek protection under U.

Credibility Issues in Children’s Asylum Claims: Findings and Recommendations

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May 26, 2023

This factsheet provides an overview of CGRS's new practice advisory on establishing credibility in children's asylum claims, including strategies for advocates and recommendations for making the asylum system more fair and efficient in assessing children's claims.

Reforms Needed to Bring the United States into Compliance with the Refugee Convention & Protocol

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Jul 12, 2023

This factsheet explains that the treaty obligations underpinning U.S. asylum law should be used in all contexts from individual representation to administrative rulemaking and statutory reform.

Une Protection Retardée est une Protection Refusée:i Fiche d’information sur les Expulsions en Vertu du Titre 42, Les Demandeurs d’Asile Haïtiens à Tijuana, et la Continuation des Violations du Gouvernement Américain Envers Ses Obligations

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Apr 07, 2022

Cette fiche d’information décrit l’impact du Titre 42 sur les demandeurs d’asile haïtiens, en s’appuyant sur des entretiens menés par une délégation du CGRS, du Partenariat Hastings à Haïti, du groupe Haitian Bridge Alliance, de l’École Supérieure Catholique de Droit de Jérémie (ESCDROJ).

Protection Delayed is Protection Denied: Factsheet on Title 42 Expulsions, Haitian Asylum Seekers in Tijuana, and the U.S. Government’s Ongoing Evasion of Duty

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Apr 07, 2022

This factsheet describes the impact of Title 42 on Haitian asylum seekers, drawing on interviews conducted by a delegation from CGRS, the Hastings to Haiti Partnership, Haitian Bridge Alliance, and École Supérieure Catholique de Droit de Jérémie (ESCDROJ).

Seeking Asylum in the First Year of the Biden Administration: Cruelty and Chaos Persist

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Jan 21, 2022

This factsheet evaluates the Biden administration's treatment of people seeking asylum in its first year, including its embrace of Title 42, failure to end Remain in Mexico, and stalled progress on protections for survivors of gender-based violence.

Stop U.S. deportations and abuse against Haitians on the move: An urgent step towards creating just policies for Haitians

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Dec 15, 2021

This factsheet describes the crisis Haitian migrants face at the U.S border due to the Title 42 and Remain in Mexico policies and presents policy recommendations to the U.S government, beginning with a moratorium on removals to Haiti.