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Mexico: Amparo Directo en Revisión
6268/2019
The Director of Protection and Return of the Coordination of the Mexican Commission of Aid to Refugees of the Ministry of the Interior requested an amparo against the refusal to relapse to the request for recognition of the status of refugee of a woman decided. Articles 18 of the Law on Refugees, Complementary Protection and Political Asylum and 19 of its respective regulations were challenged, which established a 30-day period for submitting an application for refugee recognition and exceptionally, outside of that period, the foreigner person should prove that for reasons beyond his control it was not materially possible to present it in a timely manner. The Second Chamber of the SCJN determined that the term established in the contested regulations is contrary to the right of every person to seek and receive asylum. Furthermore, because the affected person proved to be in the exceptional case and, therefore, the agreement in which the admission of the refugee status application submitted was denied was illegal. 6 February 2020 | Judicial Body: Mexico: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Right to seek asylum | Countries: Mexico |
Intimate Partner Violence and Asylum in the Americas: Canada, Chile, Mexico, Peru
22 November 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers |
O.A. v. Trump, Civ. No. 18-2718 and S.M.S.R. v. Trump, Civ. No. 18-2838 (consolidated cases)
2 August 2019 | Judicial Body: United States District Courts | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Asylum policy - Asylum-seekers - Illegal entry - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Right to seek asylum | Countries: El Salvador - Guatemala - Honduras - Mexico - Nicaragua - United States of America |
Americas: US and Mexican authorities must respect caravan participants' right to seek asylum
24 April 2018 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News |
Despite danger in Mexico, journalist abandons US asylum request
23 May 2017 | Publisher: Reporters Without Borders | Document type: Country News |
Mexican journalist seeking asylum still in detention at US border
5 May 2017 | Publisher: Reporters Without Borders | Document type: Country News |
Mexican journalist seeking asylum still in detention at US border
5 May 2017 | Publisher: Reporters Without Borders | Document type: Country News |
Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Mexico
March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations |
Africans and Asians attracted to Latin America as a migration route
10 November 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
Women's Asylum News: Issue No. 95, September 2010
September 2010 | Publisher: Consonant (formerly Asylum Aid) | Document type: Country Reports |