United States of America

12 September 2018 | Publisher: International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) | Document type: Country Reports

28 February 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Denial of refugee status - Domestic violence - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Canada - Nigeria - United States of America

An alien with dual nationality is ineligible for asylum.

3 May 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Spain - United States of America - Venezuela

Petition for review denied as “firm resettlement” in a third country prior to arrival in the United States bars an alien from obtaining asylum.

19 September 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Cameroon - Chile - Guatemala - United States of America

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Unpublished opinion.

5 May 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Changes of circumstances in home country - Denial of refugee status - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Sierra Leone - United States of America

13 March 1997 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Denial of refugee status - Flight by land, air or sea - Involuntary repatriation - Refoulement - Rescue at sea / Interception at sea | Countries: United States of America