asylum

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Adult immigrants in most of the U.S. can only qualify when they fall into special categories—including refugees and people granted asylum—or after they have held green cards for at least five years.

From The Wall Street Journal

From this temporary refuge, it seems he was then able to travel on to a more secure offer of asylum elsewhere - probably in the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou, or Niamey in Niger.

From BBC

An army barracks in Kent which has been used to house asylum seekers has closed, according to the Home Office.

From BBC

They arrived in 1994 with three young children and little money, facing a daunting asylum process.

From Los Angeles Times

A number of people brought up migration and questioned why asylum seekers were being housed in hotels.

From BBC