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Country Conditions
The following websites offer reports and news about conditions in asylum seekers' home countries, as well as links to other sites.
- Center for Gender & Refugee StudiesFocuses on cases where gender is the basis for seeking asylum. UC Hastings.
- EOIR Country Conditions Research"Country Pages are compiled and updated by the EOIR Law Library and Immigration Research Center (LLIRC). All content is compiled from publicly available documents that report on aspects of country conditions that have relevance in removal hearings before Immigration Judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals."
- Stanford Migration & Asylum LabScholarly country conditions bulletions for Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Venezuela and Cuba.
The following research guide from UC Berkeley Law Library provides comprehensive guidance on country condition research.
