asylum
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New behavioural guidance for asylum seekers has been published by the Home Office.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The agreement, which came into force in June, aims to speed up the asylum process, increase the number of irregular migrants returned to their home countries and spread responsibility for asylum seekers across the EU.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The new so-called solidarity mechanism creates a pool of about 30,000 asylum seekers to be redistributed across the 27 member states.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Farah Larrieux, who received TPS protections in 2010 and lives in South Florida, lost her hospitality job last month when her work authorization expired, and has applied for asylum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The honeymoon over, I learned my mistake; she was only mad, and shut up in a lunatic asylum.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
We no longer write of ideæ, chori, asyla, musea, sphinges, specimina for ideas, choruses, asylums, museums, sphinxes, specimens, and the notion of returning to such plurals would seem barbarous and absurd.
From Society for Pure English, Tract 03 (1920) A Few Practical Suggestions by Society for Pure English
Greece had its famous asyla, but the custom of our own country was probably influenced from Hebrew rather than classical sources.
From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various
Or were they swimming with the normative current in order to maintain careers, families, social standing — or, for that matter, to avoid being sent to asylums for shock treatment?
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
Orson and Lorenzo, consummate showmen, were summoned to prisons, where they inspected the heads of inmates and guessed their crimes; at lunatic asylums they were challenged to identify the patients’ disorders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
First, he pushed a bond measure that passed in March that builds, yes, asylums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
It is open to those with an interest in "history and mystery" and involves picking up on paranormal activity using "the latest ghost-hunting equipment" at Willow Court, one of Australia's oldest asylums.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2024
I couldn’t stop reading about the horrors—especially the stories about orphan asylums filled with unloved and underfed waifs.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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