asylum
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The unrest was initially fueled by false social-media posts that said the teen was an asylum seeker.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
“You cannot put on those who have come to the United Kingdom in general to seek asylum what an individual has chosen to do,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Sir Geoffrey blamed a "directionless bureaucracy" for leaving asylum seekers either "in limbo, or lost".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
AFP has interviewed deportees sent to Equatorial Guinea, including an East African man who crossed the US-Mexico border to seek asylum in 2024.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Her observations about orphans and more homes for the friendless—“I just saw an advertisement for another new asylum, this one opened by the Catholics!”—still made my ears prick up like a nervous deer’s.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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