HOW TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM - The Florence Project
HOW TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM - The Florence Project
HOW TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM - The Florence Project
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If you do not have an attorney then you should do the following:<br />
Ways to Get Documentation<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are several ways that you may be able to get documentation about conditions in your home country.<br />
Unfortunately, at the time of updating this booklet (April 2007), there are no organizations that can do research<br />
about conditions in your home country for free.<br />
ONE: If you have the money to pay for the research, one of the following organizations may be able to help<br />
you (see contact information on the following page):<br />
←<strong>The</strong> Data Center<br />
←Political Asylum Research and Documentation Service (PARDS)<br />
TWO: If you or family members have access to the internet, the following websites may provide<br />
information about your home country:<br />
←Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org<br />
←Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org<br />
←AsylumLaw.org: http://www.asylumlaw.org: this site has human rights reports from a variety of sources<br />
including individual country conditions packets produced by Human Rights Documentation Exchange (HRDE).<br />
←U.S. Department of State: http://www.state.gov<br />
←DHS Resource Information Center: http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/services/asylum/ric/index.htm<br />
THREE: You can call or write to the following organizations for a list of publications for purchase that may<br />
cover your home country or specific issue:<br />
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FIRRP- last update June 2007