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Domestic abuse is in fact a ground for refugee claimant according to IRB

mingota19

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Aug 16, 2017
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dear members

i was searching the IRB website and found that domestic abuse is indeed a ground for refugee claimant. it is under " membership of a particular group" .now it is just a matter to prove to iRB the genuity of someone claim and a well founded fear of persecution .
 

Buletruck

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May 18, 2015
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I'm thinking that's a significant stretch of the definition. it's actually a bit broader than just "group" and is actually "social group". (I.e. LGBQT).

96 A Convention refugee is a person who, by reason of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion,