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asylum

noun as in refuge

noun as in psychiatric hospital

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He travelled through Russia and Dubai and then on to the UK, where, he says, his asylum application was rejected in 2002.

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The judge therefore ordered him removed from the country and threw out his asylum case.

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The council says it is already struggling to support asylum seekers placed in the borough by the Home Office.

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Peru's ousted president Dina Boluarte on Friday insisted that she would not seek to claim asylum elsewhere, after prosecutors had asked the courts to prevent her from leaving the country.

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Peru's former president Dina Boluarte-- who was removed from office by lawmakers and is facing multiple probes for corruption and abuse of power -- said Friday she would not attempt to seek asylum abroad.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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