Iranians sue US government over ‘mass denials’ of refugee status
A group of Iranians has filed a lawsuit demanding court intervention after the US government denied the refugee applications of roughly 90 refugees waiting in Austria. The Iranians are seeking refugee status in the US through the unique Lautenberg-Specter programme, which is meant to protect vulnerable groups such as religious minorities. The programme began with the Lautenberg Amendment, passed in 1989, which allowed Jewish people from the former Soviet Union […]
