asylum
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The Home Office told the committee it only knows where the "vast majority" of failed asylum seekers are.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Sir Geoffrey blamed a "directionless bureaucracy" for leaving asylum seekers either "in limbo, or lost".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The number of people claiming asylum in the UK fell by 4% in 2025, according to Home Office figures released in February, despite the number of people arriving on small boats rising by 13%.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Criticised by rights groups, the new measures will notably allow nations to open centres outside the EU's borders to which migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected could be sent.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
But he views it all from the prison of his hurting mind, as if the window of the asylum is his perspective frame.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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