Asylum
Individuals who are afraid to return to their home country may seek protection in the United States. The most common form of protection is asylum.
In order to qualify for asylum, an individual must have a “well-founded fear of persecution due to race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, and/or political opinion.” Individuals who fear being tortured if returned to their home country may also obtain certain types of relief. The key is to show that the state was involved in either committing the torture, or allowed it to happen.
We understand the full picture of forced migration and are sensitive to our clients' needs.
We have extensive experience with preparing and filing asylum applications, as well as helping applicants with their interviews at the local asylum office. Nadia brings more than twenty-five years of experience in asylum and refugee law to her practice. She first began working with refugees in 1994 when she interned at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (“UNHCR”) in Washington, DC. She also worked for UNHCR in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 1999 (see picture below), and wrote a published report on appropriate conditions for the repatriation of refugees.
Nadia has in-depth knowledge of key areas of asylum law. She spent a year at Amnesty International’s headquarters in London, United Kingdom, researching sexual orientation as a basis for “membership in a particular social group.” She also spent a year at the European Court of Human Rights, researching the prohibition on torture as a grounds for preventing deportation. She is a dedicated advocate for those fearing harm in their home country.
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