Asylum is a situation where a person or group flees to another country and seeks to become a resident of said country for political reasons. Use with country tags as needed if discussing asylum sought by its citizens, or being granted by a country.
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How many asylum seekers does the UK admit each year?
How many asylum seekers does the UK admit each year?
How and where are they housed and how do they support themselves?
How many are refused asylum but are not deported?
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What are the political arguments for helping refugees within the country rather than helping refugee camps abroad?
Germany currently spends 20 billion euros per year on helping its 2 million refugees. This means that a single refugee costs the German budget around 10 thousand euros, excluding additional contributions by private organizations and charities. At…
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Why don't countries opposing the inflow of refugees leave the 1951 Refugee Convention?
Critics of anti-refugee governments such as Australia or Hungary often mention the 1951 Refugee Convention as the reason why all states should respect the right to asylum.
So why don't those countries simply leave the 1951 Convention and completely…
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How to seek political asylum in the DPRK or the PRC
I'm the current chairman of the PKI-Maois ( Communist Party Indonesia Maoist ) and me and several members of our party had tried to find a way to seek political asylum in the DPRK or the PRC.
Does anyone have any kind of information on the procedure…
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