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asylum

[uh-sahy-luhm] / əˈsaɪ ləm /




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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

Soleimani Afshar’s trips to Iran demonstrated her claims to need asylum in Iran were “fraudulent,” the Department of Homeland Security wrote in a statement on X.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The letter explained that Charles Parker had made arrangements for his cousin to be taken to the state insane asylum two hundred miles away.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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