Persecution
Asylum
Download ResourceUSCRI: Overview of Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution (May 2022)
Building on USCIRF’s previous work, this factsheet highlights the global scale of religious persecution by providing an overview of contexts where large populations have been displaced due to persecution or violence related to religion or belief.
Asylum
External ResourceHRW: For Afghan Women, the Frightening Return of ‘Vice and Virtue’ (Sep 2021)
Information on the return of Afghanistan’s “Vice and Virtue” ministry.
Asylum
External ResourceHRW: Afghanistan: Taliban Abuses Cause Widespread Fear (Sep 2021)
Taliban abuses of women in Afghanistan.
Asylum
External ResourceUSCIS Officer Training – International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) and Religious Persecution
This module introduces you to the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) and the responsibilities that the Act creates for adjudicating protection claims.
Asylum
External ResourceUSCIS Officer Training – Well-Founded Fear
This module discusses the definition of a refugee as codified in the Immigration and Nationality Act and its interpretation in administrative and judicial case law.