The styles of harassment may vary. and the intensity fluctuate. but the oppression and denial of rights persist. Certainly their experiences fall within the "broad denials" of rights which "restrict their ability to function in a society" and constitute the requisite "pervasive denials raising discrimination" to the "level of a threat to freedom." INS. Worldwide Guidelines for Overseas Refugee Processing. revised 1985. pp. 8. 10 hereafter Guidelines. Several observations and patterns became clear in our interviews with applicants that may be helpful to you in reviewing these cases. Most of these we shared with you In our discussions so I will only summarize them here. We note them not to be critical of INS. We are fully aware of the difficult problems of line drawing in refugee cases. and the exacerbation of these problems by the enormous expansion of the number of refugees coming out of the Soviet Union. We are confident INS is making every effort to respond appropriately. and our hope Is that our observations will assist in that commitment. 1. c � 0 cases where a denial would have seemed arguably valid were approved with apparent little inquiry. Others with long patterns of persecution were denied.
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