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Ashneet Sharma

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Although asylum systems, being rooted in international law, are designed to be universally just and produce similar outcomes across countries, these systems in practice are plagued by biases and peculiarities that prevent consistent administration. How do these systems differ from one another, and why? The stories of Indo-Fijian asylum seekers in Australia and the United States help us make sense of this dysfunction. The 1987 Fijian coup and the coup culture that overtook the nation in the ensuing decades led to the widespread persecution of the island's Indian population, creating an exodus of refugees. I utilize the cases of Indo-Fijians who applied for asylum in Australia and the U.S. to illustrate the critical role of the courts in determining who is and who is not to be considered a refugee. Further, I argue that the differences between how cases are decided by courts in each country are directly related to the nations' unique immigration histories. Despite the ethnic group's shared experiences, the manner in which asylum appeals courts treated an Indo-Fijian hinged on the nation they fled to, a reality that subverts the principles underlying the institution of asylum established by the UN. Radial Chromosomes- What are they and how do they form? Leanna Shebib

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UC Davis / History / 2023

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