asylum
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The BBC has been shown footage from 22 June 2023 in which a group of migrants, who had just crossed into Evros and wanted to claim asylum, were ambushed by masked men.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Iran's judiciary said Monday authorities had released the assets of the captain of Iranian women's football team which had been seized after she made and then withdrew an asylum claim in Australia last month.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Figueiredo -- grandson of the last general to preside over Brazil during the 1964-1985 dictatorship -- said that Ramagem's immigration status was legal, and that he has a pending asylum application.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Swinney said some of the rhetoric on immigration had been "inflammatory" and backed calls for the UK government to allow asylum seekers to work.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
It occurred to me that Joan, hearing where I was, had engaged a room at the asylum on pretense, simply as a joke.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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