asylum
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This is much faster than other routes to permanent residency, such as asylum.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
We are used to seeing one very visible element of many asylum claims – those arriving across the English Channel on small boats.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The UK's asylum process offers protection to people who cannot return to their home countries because they would be in danger, for example in countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh where gay sex is illegal.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
On the morning of 28 April - the day he was arrested at the embassy - he was still in touch with the charities about his asylum application.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
The letter explained that Charles Parker had made arrangements for his cousin to be taken to the state insane asylum two hundred miles away.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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