Prophecy, Passports, and Persecution: Church of Almighty God Asylum Cases, 2015–2021
Thousands of members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG), a Chinese Christian new religious movement, have escaped China, where they are heavily persecuted, to seek asylum abroad. Their asylum cases offer a unique opportunity for a comparative study of how religion-based refugee claims are dealt wit...
| Published in: | The journal of CESNUR |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2021]
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The journal of CESNUR
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| Further subjects: | B
Chinese Refugees
B Religion-Based Refugee Claims B The Church of Almighty God B Religious Persecution in China B Chinese Asylum Seekers B Xie Jiao |
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| Summary: | Thousands of members of The Church of Almighty God (CAG), a Chinese Christian new religious movement, have escaped China, where they are heavily persecuted, to seek asylum abroad. Their asylum cases offer a unique opportunity for a comparative study of how religion-based refugee claims are dealt with by administrative authorities and courts of law in several different countries. The article examines and summarizes 271 decisions rendered in CAG asylum cases throughout the world, and analyzes the main issues that led to grant or deny asylum |
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| ISSN: | 2532-2990 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of CESNUR
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.26338/tjoc.2021.5.3.1 |