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On Sunday the ORR announced only staff would be on board as of mid-December - citing concerns that allowing passengers to get on would "harm the overall performance" of the line.

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“These things could potentially cause serious harm,” he told jurors.

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“I don’t think he’s any harm to me as long as I don’t go down the side of the house while he’s coming out.”

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These forms of relief differ from asylum in a key way: while asylum protects against deportation anywhere, the others only protect against deportation to a country where the person risks harm or torture.

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Scientists have linked a small number of them to serious harms, such as infertility and cancer.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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