Christian QuotaRU

Second Exodus

Protection for Christian pacifists facing deportation from the U.S.

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What legally counts as persecution

Persecution means serious harm, or a credible threat of serious harm, inflicted on a person by the State or by actors the State is unable or unwilling to control, on account of a protected ground: race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group (1951 UN Refugee Convention; INA §101(a)(42), U.S.).

This INCLUDES:

  • ✓detention, arrest, imprisonment on political or religious grounds
  • ✓torture, physical or psychological violence
  • ✓credible threats to life, health, family
  • ✓forced conscription against conscientious objection
  • ✓systemic discrimination rising to the level of serious harm
  • ✓criminal prosecution under pretextual statutes: extremism, discrediting the army, undesirable organizations

This does NOT count as persecution:

  • —general economic hardship
  • —isolated personal disputes
  • —prosecution for actual crimes unrelated to beliefs
  • —temporary inconveniences without threat to life or freedom

If your situation resembles the above — please complete the short questionnaire (about 10 minutes).

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This site does NOT provide legal services. It is a form for collecting materials that may be used for subsequent representation through the American Russian Relief Center (ARRC). Each case is evaluated individually.

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