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Unlike other groups, Sausedo said, there are “no more African American communities” to give refuge to residents, but “just communities where African Americans live.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2023

And because that visa program, created by Congress to give refuge to Afghans and Iraqis who helped the U.S. military, requires rigorous vetting, many have been stuck in bureaucratic limbo for years.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

Poland also sees Belarus's behaviour as retaliation for Warsaw's decision to give refuge to Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, a Belarusian athlete who refused to return home from the Tokyo Olympics.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2021

However, the Foreign Office referred a question about whether Britain would agree to give refuge to any of the men on the run to the Home Office.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2017

Could any respectable man's wife, hearing of such a stain, give refuge to the guilty person?

From The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal by Knight, Miriam S.




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