In international law, they would be known as refugee(s) sur place , i.e. those who find themselves outside their country of origin who did not leave their country of origin for fear of persecution, but who fear persecution upon return.

Since the Awami League is no longer in Government, there is no reason for the complainant to fear persecution from the police.

UNHCR is working in this challenging context to preserve access to asylum for those who seek it based on a well founded fear of persecution.

On 31 July 2000, the District Court dismissed her appeal, considering that she had failed to show a fear of persecution within the meaning of refugee law.

2.5 On 22 August 2000, the second application for a protection visa was rejected as the complainant had not established a real fear of persecution if returned to Sri Lanka.

But there has always been another, much smaller, group of asylum seekers those individuals forced to flee their home countries by persecution, often on religious or ethnic grounds. The 1951 United Nations Convention on Refugees recognized a right of asylum for those unable to return to their country of origin owing to a well founded fear of persecution.

In general, those leaving the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for political reasons fit into the traditional international law definition of refugee , namely persons fleeing their country of origin for a well founded fear of persecution.

Displacement induced by conflict and persecution

According to its classified report, there is no institutionalized persecution in Bangladesh and persecution for political reasons rare at the grass roots level.

As noted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), persons suspected of terrorism may not be eligible for refugee status in the first place their fear being legitimate prosecution as opposed to persecution.

And We delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating persecution.

And We delivered the Children of Israel from the humiliating persecution.

And freedom from persecution from the Khmer Rouge.

Asylum is available for those who leave their home country because of persecution or fear on account of race, religion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group or political opinion, Sessions said in his June 11 announcement of the policy.

The Special Rapporteur has taken note of allegations of ongoing incidents of religious persecution.

First, in order to be eligible for refugee status, an individual must show that he or she has a well founded fear of persecution on the grounds of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion (article 1A (2)).

5.4 The complainant contests the State party's allegation that because the Awami League no longer is in power in Bangladesh, there does not seem to be any reason for her to fear persecution by the police.

In spite of the tyrant s persecution, the hero valiantly carried on the struggle.

The Kuchis fled persecution in late 2001 after the overthrow of the Taliban.

Irish refugee law permitted asylum applications on the ground of gender based persecution.

Behind almost every request for asylum that an EU country receives is a human tragedy a micro history of violence, fear, and loss. The goal of the asylum seekers is not to reach Europe it is simply to escape conflict and persecution.

Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.

Taste your persecution! this is what you would hasten on.

(g) The harassment and persecution of human rights defenders and other members of civil society

As a result of this persecution, he moved with his family to Barisal City.

There is no evidence that the complainant himself was the target of religious persecution.

For decades, most Arabs, however unhappy, kept their political grievances private, for fear of persecution if they turned against their leaders publicly. Through private discussions with trusted friends, everyone sensed that discontent was common, yet no one knew, or could know, the extent of it.

Our necks are under persecution we labour, and have no rest.

Our necks are under persecution we labour, and have no rest.

According to the Committee's jurisprudence, such persecution falls outside the scope of article 3 of the Convention.

There has been an alarming increase in reported cases of harassment and persecution for such activities.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

The immigration judge issued an oral decision denying Mr. Ali asylum status because of his conviction, but granting him withholding of removal because it was found that he had suffered past persecution and faced a clear probability of future persecution if returned to Somalia.

What are a country s obligations to refugees fleeing from persecution, poverty, or strife elsewhere?

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

It did not amount to approval of the persecution and mass extermination of the Jews during the Second World War.

Areas of concern, however, include the summary dismissal of claims deemed manifestly unfounded on the basis of very broad criteria, unduly restrictive interpretations of the refugee definition, including very limited notions of what amounts to persecution, who are relevant agents of persecution, what constitutes effective State protection and inadequate appeal procedures.

The Board concluded that the complainant had not substantiated his claim that he risked persecution.

(i) The continuing persecution and arbitrary sentencing to prison of human rights defenders, political opponents, religious dissenters and reformists

They said, In God do we trust. Lord, do not subject us to the persecution of the unjust ones,

They said, In God do we trust. Lord, do not subject us to the persecution of the unjust ones,

Moreover, many reports refer to the persecution of leaders and representatives of indigenous social movements whose activities affect various kinds of vested interests.

(e) The cases of summary or arbitrary execution, disappearance, torture, harassment, unlawful arrest, widespread persecution and arbitrary detention for long periods