asylum
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After receiving repeated threats, Morales decided to leave Colombia and sought asylum in France.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
EU countries received about a million asylum applications filed by Afghans between 2013 and 2024.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
Plus, crucially, can this government and its successors, in their management of immigration and asylum, demonstrate the necessary fairness and control?
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
According to the Pukhtunwali code of panah, or asylum, if a person asks for protection against his enemies, the person, in this case Osama, would be safeguarded at all costs.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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