Brijmati SINGH, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent

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• holding that an Indo-Fijian’s generalized claims of ethnic tension, burglarizing of petitioner’s home, governmental outlawing of Hindu religious gatherings, and refusal of police assistance did not compel a finding of persecution
• holding that an Indo-Fijian's generalized claims of ethnic tension, burglarizing of petitioner's home, governmental outlawing of Hindu religious gatherings, and refusal of police assistance did not compel a finding of persecution
• holding that generalized violence is not sufficient to establish a well-founded fear of persecution for asylum
• recognizing that generalized lawlessness and violence between diverse populations is generally insufficient to support asylum claim
• recognizing that mere general lawlessness and violence without an appreciably different risk to the petitioner is not enough to support a claim of asylum
• holding that an alien “‘must show that [he] is at particular risk-that [his] predicament is appreciably different from the dangers faced by [his] fellow citizens” (citation omitted)

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