Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network (GAIN)’s Post

"Without professional legal help, many asylum seekers (...) with legitimate claims face a real risk of deportation back to their home countries, where many of them face potential arrest, assault or even death. Only about 30 percent of migrants are now able to find a lawyer to represent them in legal proceedings, compared with 65 percent five years ago, according to an analysis by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a research group at Syracuse University." We know that the chances of winning an asylum case increase exponentially with access to an attorney, but legal fees are often prohibitive for families forced to flee their home countries at a moment’s notice. This is why the work we do together at GAIN is so important—providing free legal representation, both directly and through connections to pro bono partners, to ensure families seeking refuge in Georgia have a fighting chance in one of the toughest immigration courts in the nation. #GAIN #AsylumSeekers #LegalServices #ImmigrationServices #ProBono #FreeLegalRepresentation #AtlantaLawyer #AtlantaAttorney

A New Challenge for Asylum Seekers: Lawyer Shortages

A New Challenge for Asylum Seekers: Lawyer Shortages

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