Immigration officials erred in denying a Ghanian woman's application for asylum on the grounds that her fear of forced genital mutilation was not objectively reasonable, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The panel overturned the decision, thereby blocking the imminent deportation of Adelaide Abankwah, 29, who has been held at a detention facility in Queens, N.Y. for two and half years. Her case has drawn international attention and the support of human rights groups.
July 13, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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Immigration officials erred in denying a Ghanian woman’s application for asylum on the grounds that her fear of forced genital mutilation was not objectively reasonable, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled.
A unanimous three-judge panel overturned the decision of an immigration judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals, blocking the imminent deportation of Adelaide Abankwah in Abankwah v. INS, 98-4304.
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