UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Guidance note on refugee claims relating to female genital mutilation, May 2009
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Granting refugee status internal flight or relocation
Asylum Provisions
Definition of 'refugee' in asylum law
Geneva Refugee Convention Article 1
Definition of 'particular social group' and type(s) of persecution addressed
Past persecution; Future persecution
Number of asylum cases requested on the ground of FGM
1 - dismissed
Number of asylum cases granted on the ground of FGM
Source
Biuro ds. Cudzoziemców (Office for Foreigners), http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4a0c28492.html