asylum
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We are used to seeing one very visible element of many asylum claims – those arriving across the English Channel on small boats.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
They are exploiting rules brought in by ministers to help genuine victims of abuse to secure permanent residence more quickly than through other routes, such as asylum.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Posing as a Bangladeshi student who had just dropped out of his university course, he had said he was looking at asylum as a way to stay in the country.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
At an office off the busy Mile End Road, in east London, on a Tuesday evening in early April, our undercover reporter was receiving an instruction course in how to apply for asylum.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
“You’re kind,” he said, “not like the other one. You won’t put me to the asylum, will you?”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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