asylum
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The man had "withholding of removal", a legal protection that is weaker than asylum but in the past has superseded someone's deportation order, allowing them to live and work in the United States.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
Last year, the UK government said it had concluded that the technology was the most "cost-effective option" to assess the age of asylum seekers.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
He later went to the U.S. to seek asylum.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The U.N. refugee agency counted nearly 181,000 Chinese seeking asylum in 2024, up from roughly 15,400 at the end of 2012, the year Chinese leader Xi Jinping took power.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
And then we went to a refugee camp in Italy where I became a great thief, until we got asylum in Oklahoma, where we try to act normal—raised-eyebrow face like you don’t believe it.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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