asylum
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Trading Standards told us they find a constant supply of staff from asylum hotels, who are vulnerable to abuse by employers, working in those shops.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
District Judge John McConnell said the restrictions on processing of asylum, work permit, green card and citizen applications from nationals of 39 African, Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern countries were unlawful.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
The Home Office told the committee it only knows where the "vast majority" of failed asylum seekers are.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
AFP has interviewed deportees sent to Equatorial Guinea, including an East African man who crossed the US-Mexico border to seek asylum in 2024.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
It might seem like a shelter from the storm, but it really was another asylum packed with a bunch of mangy orphans ready to filch my last possessions while I slept.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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