[wslack]

It's the "permanent" bit. Being an asylee or refugee isn't necessarily a permanent status - like if your home country gets out of a civil war or a coup leader ends the coup and goes into exile, you no longer need to fear for your life if you go back.

> If you are a refugee, you are required by law to apply for permanent resident status 1 year after being admitted to the United States in refugee status. If you are an asylee, you are not required to apply for permanent resident status after being granted asylum for 1 year.

[BeetleB]

And this happens. When I was in grad school I knew a Lithuanian refugee. He was a fellow student - came when he was younger (high school?), but still on a refugee status by the time he entered grad school. And at the time he was fighting off being sent back to Lithuania because apparently conditions had improved back there.

The real problem was that his parents and most of his family had obtained the green card by that point, and for whatever reason there were delays in processing him. So only he would be forced to return.