asylum

Example Sentences

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“They are taking people that are working within the system, that are asylum seekers, that are green-card holders,” said Dan Engelhart, a northeast Minneapolis resident and a commissioner on the city’s park board.

From The Wall Street Journal

Farhad N came alone, without his family and, although his asylum request was rejected, he was not deported and had been given temporary residency in Munich.

From BBC

Zapata Rivera, who has a pending asylum claim, clung to his family.

From Salon

“You are the waif’s last relation in the world. Without you, the child is destined to a most piteous life in the orphan asylum.”

From Literature

Martinelli sought asylum in Colombia last year to avoid arrest in a separate money laundering case over which he was sentenced to nearly 11 years imprisonment.

From Barron's