Persecution In The Reverse and Grants of Asylum

May 26th, 2009 by Leonard Birdsong


Birdsong does his share of teaching students at Barry about asylum and presecution grounds.  One of my students, Serena S. Watson has done some independent research you might interesting.  Her research concerns what happens to those who have been persecutors when they seek asylum in the U.S.  She has given me permission to post her paper on the subject.  Enjoy and learn.

 

PERSECUTION IN THE REVERSE: A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE GRANTING OF ASYLUM

 

By:

Serena S. Watson

 

I. INTRODUCTION

Imagine the world as one huge dodge ball field. This dodge ball field holds an annual tournament with different participating teams. The teams are Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Each team has the freedom to pick and choose their players. Not all players may want to stay with their original teams, therefore, transferring is allowed. In order to transfer teams a list of requirements