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Well-founded fear

Explores the workings of the American Immigration and Naturalization Service which decide the fates of thousands of asylum-seekers.

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  • "Political asylum in the US, who deserves it? Who gets it? Who decides it"@en

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  • "Documentary about the American political asylum system that takes viewers within the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), where bureaucrats ponder the sometimes life-or-death fate of immigrants seeking asylum. Includes confidential conversations between asylum officers, lawyers, translators, and refugees. It is the task of the asylum officer to identify where there exists a "well-founded fear" that an applicant's life may be placed in jeopardy by deportation. But with thousands of applicants, as many fraudulent as legitimate, the officers acknowledge that truth and justice are elusive and that subjectivity plays a decisive hand in their evaluations. Including horrific testimonials of torture and grievous accounts of loss, the film also implies that personality and prejudice, an officer's level of experience (cynicism or naivete̹), the applicant's credibility, and even the translator's interpretation of a testimony can also bear on the outcome."
  • "A behind the scenes documentary of the experiences of applicants and personnel at the Asylum Office at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, where American ideals about human rights collide with the nearly impossible task of trying to learn the truth from asylum-seekers."
  • "Explores the workings of the American Immigration and Naturalization Service which decide the fates of thousands of asylum-seekers."@en
  • "Explores the workings of the American Immigration and Naturalization Service which decide the fates of thousands of asylum-seekers."
  • "Illustrates the process of seeking asylum in the United States. Presents the side of the asylum seeker, who gets one hour to discuss his or her case, as well as the side of the asylum officer, who gets assigned cases at random, and has an additional 90 minutes after the interview to research and compose the decision to grant asylum or deport the person."
  • "Illustrates the process of seeking asylum in the United States. Presents the side of the asylum seeker, who gets one hour to discuss his or her case, as well as the side of the asylum officer, who gets assigned cases at random, and has an additional 90 minutes after the interview to research and compose the decision to grant asylum or deport the person."@en

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  • "Television programs"@en
  • "Documentary films"@en
  • "Documentary films"
  • "Documentary television programs"
  • "Documentary television programs"@en
  • "Case studies"
  • "Nonfiction television programs"
  • "Documentary"@en

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  • "Well-founded fear"
  • "Well-founded fear"@en
  • "Well-founded fear [and two training modules]"

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