In re Akeem L.

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• holding that in cases involving persecution by gangs, the petitioner must show more than general harm from residing in an area with gang violence
• recognizing that country conditions reports and press accounts may be evidence, but that evidence must establish “that a group exists and is perceived as ‘distinct’ or ‘other’ in a particular society”
• holding that an applicant for asylum seeking relief based on membership in a particular social group must establish that the group is composed 2 22-1242 of members who share a common immutable characteristic, among other factors
• stating that the particularity and social distinctiveness requirements are to be \applied in the fact-specific context of an applicant's claim for relief\
• explaining that “asylum and refugee laws do not protect people from general conditions of strife, such as crime and other societal afflictions”
• explaining that “asylum and refugee laws do not protect people from general conditions of strife, such as crime and other societal afflictions”

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