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Current situation: Asylum

Article Abstract:

The convention of the Status of Refugees of 1951, which was updated in 1967, considers asylum seekers on the basis of one who is fleeing political, racial or religious persecution. However, the US and other countries can determine who qualifies for that protection and who doesn't.

Publisher: Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2005

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Background: Political asylum

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The issues of the border police, who have to determine whether immigrants seeking political asylum are truly escaping persecution or are merely seeking economic benefits, are described. The US law is more receptive to political refugees coming from communist countries.

Author: Katel, Peter
Publisher: Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2005
Border security

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Consumer safety: political shifts

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The regulation of product standards implemented by the U.S. Democratic President Bill Clinton after the deregulatory system under the previous administration is presented.

Author: Katel, Peter
Publisher: Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2007
Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government domestic functions, Government regulation, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Legal/Government Regulation, Consumer Protection Laws, Product defect/failure, Product quality, Laws, regulations and rules, Consumer protection, Clinton, Bill, Social policy, Software quality

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Subjects list: United States, International aspects, Immigrants, Asylum, Right of, Right of asylum, Civil rights
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