We need a long-term, evidence-based programme to get a proper grip on
gang violence."
In general, asylum-seekers must demonstrate that they face persecution in their home countries due to "race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion." Before Sessions' decision, that generally included victims of
gang violence or domestic abuse.
The mere fact that a country may have problems effectively policing certain crimes - such as domestic violence or
gang violence - or that certain populations are more likely to be victims of crimes, cannot itself establish an asylum claim.' Moreover, the failure of local police to respond to a report of an individual crime victim, 'does not necessarily mean that the government is unwilling or unable to control crime, any more than it would in the United States.'
officials do not say how many asylum claims are for domestic or
gang violence, but advocates for asylum seekers said there could be tens of thousands of such cases in the immigration court backlog alone.
"Can't change that they are based on
gang violence," Kitson said.
Since 2014, when Central Americans started surging into the United States, people seeking asylum from
gang violence have only rarely succeeded.
13 (Petra)-- Police in southern Sweden said on Thursday evening that several people have been injured in a small town known for past
gang violence and that the incident was not being investigated as terrorism.
Lyon-based "Euronews" TV quoted police as saying two attackers left a vehicle and started shooting at a group of youths nearby, indicating the shooting had the hallmark of
gang violence. Such shootings are relatively rare in France, except for the city of Marseille where there is a high level of drug-related
gang violence with about 20 gun murders annually.
THE bodies of four men have been were discovered in a park in a New York neighbourhood that has for years struggled with
gang violence.
Steven Gray, 23, of no fixed abode, was hit with a string of conditions ranging from entering parts of Linacre and Litherland and owning more than one mobile phone in a bid to stop him from being involved in
gang violence and drug dealing.
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