Legal Opinion
Brijmati SINGH, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 22, 1998No. 96-70930PublishedCited by 463 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHOADES, District Judge:
I. Overview
Petitioner Brijmati Singh, a native and citizen of Fiji, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ denial of her application for asylum and withholding of deportation. For the reasons stated below, we deny the Petition.
II. Background
A. Events in Fiji
The population of Fiji is roughly evenly divided between ethnic Fijians (the majority of whom are Christian) and Fijians of Indian descent (most of whom are Hindu). Considerable racial and religious tension exists between these two groups. In 1987 the Fijian military, which consists largely of…
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