refugee" means (A) any person who is outside any country of such person's nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, is outside any country in which such person last habitually resided, and who is unable or unwilling to return to,... United States Code - Page 26by United States - 1995Full view - About this book
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...of admission as a refugee under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, that the alien has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion by asserting such a fear and asserting a credible... | |
| Civil rights - 1991 - 122 pages
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| United States - Intelligence service - 1987 - 546 pages
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