asylum
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But in February, Pérez appeared before a judge and asked to end her asylum case, begging to be sent to Mexico rather than her home country, where she believes she can never return.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
For several years, many of these migrants, virtually all of whom had a pending asylum claim or other temporary legal status, pieced together lives on the margins of the city.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
In December, she signed paperwork with DHS requesting to leave the country voluntarily, surrendering the asylum case she had filed when she arrived in late 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
To ensure comparability with the UK, European countries with populations under one million are excluded from per-capita comparisons of net migration and asylum applications.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
He hopes he’ll recover quickly and stay at the asylum for just a few months.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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