District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Rosenberg v. Yee Chien Woo

Abstract

The individual in international law — Aliens — Admission of — Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 — National of People's Republic of China fleeing to Hong Kong and establishing business — Travelling to United States and remaining there — Retaining business in Hong Kong — Application for visa to settle in United States as refugee — Whether eligible — Whether a person who, because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion or political opinion, fled from a Communist dominated country or area — Whether necessary to show that physical presence in United States was a consequence of flight in search of refuge — Relevance of whether applicant has been resettled elsewhere — The law of the United States