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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
October 2015

Women on the Run: First-Hand Accounts of Refugees Fleeing El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico


For many women who spoke with UNHCR, detention has meant they have been unable to hire a lawyer, due to lack of resources and distance from major service providers. A recent academic study looked at asylum cases from Central America and found that “the single most important factor in determining outcome is whether or not these individuals are represented in their court proceedings.....[Citing TRAC research].


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