Matter of B-

Document source:

United States Board of Immigration Appeals
Date:
19 May 1995

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Title

Matter of B-

Document source

United States Board of Immigration Appeals

Date

19 May 1995

Document number

21 I&N Dec. 66, 72 (BIA 1995)

Document type

Collection

Country

United States of America (the)

Afghanistan

Keywords

Changes of circumstances in home country

Credibility assessment

Deportation / Forcible return

Persecution based on political opinion

Prison or detention conditions

Torture

Comments:

The BIA found that past persecution suffered by the applicant was so severe that asylum should be granted notwithstanding the change of circumstances in the country of origin.

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