asylum
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It was reported last week that Bart van den Brink, the Dutch asylum and migration minister, had said there were no plans there to bar the rapper.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
They then apply for asylum claiming to be gay and in fear for their lives if they return to Pakistan or Bangladesh.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Over the next few days Albadri was in contact with charities who help asylum seekers, including Migrant Help and Care4Calais, and he met with members of the Kuwaiti community in London.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
We heard from several asylum seekers who said they'd been encouraged by advisers they were paying to bring their claim to visit a GP and pretend they were depressed.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
More than 90 percent of the school’s nine hundred students were black or from an ethnic minority; a fifth of them were the children of immigrants or asylum seekers.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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