asylum

The court heard that Tajzai, an Afghan asylum seeker, wrongly believed Sherzad belonged to the Taliban, which had kidnapped his father and was suspected of killing him.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Despite his ongoing asylum case, he now faces deportation to the country he fled and whose abuses he has spent years documenting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

"It's the wrong site for the local communities, for the asylum seekers themselves, and for the taxpayer."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The government says the proposed centre would be used for a minimum of 10 years to house single adult male asylum seekers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Once, the story goes, during who-knows-which revolution, a radical young uncle and his wife showed up at Tía Flor's in the middle of the night wanting asylum.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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

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

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

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

Promoters of forced treatment often push a well-known tale: Since the 1950s, many state hospital asylums have closed, and strict, rights-protecting mental health laws emerged.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2023

Try as I might to believe that she was done thinking about the Home for the Friendless, there were any number of new asylums being built each month in Chicago.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan