World War II was followed by massive resettlement of refugees. Millions were removed en masse as national boundaries were redrawn by the victorious powers at Yalta. Some, like the Volga Germans were welcomed in their linguistic homeland, others like European Jews sought refuge and found themselves in a new conflict; in Eastern Europe collaborators with defeated powers and political enemies faced persecution at the hands of the victors.

Moved by that experience the United States and the member states of the United Nations Organization composed the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees. In 1980 we finally codified that commitment in the Asylum Act 8 U.S.C. 1158 which provides:

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