Questions tagged [asylum]
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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Could I take refuge in an embassy after commiting a crime?
This is just a hypothetical that I am curious about, but I don't see a definite answer for this anywhere which is surprising.
So, lets say I am in India, and then I get into a confrontation where I ...
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Is there any precedent for a state giving full-time and long-term state security to a former autocratic leader of another country who is wanted?
Sheikh Hasina’s exile: Lutyens bungalow, heavy security cover
Now, the 77-year-old leader is living in a secure bungalow in central Delhi somewhere near India Gate and Khan Market, intelligence ...
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Does Interpol have the capability to repatriate Sheikh Hasina overriding Indian state protection?
Sheikh Hasina’s exile: Lutyens bungalow, heavy security cover
Sheikh Hasina is living in New Delhi, India, with federal-level security.
Bangladesh asks Interpol for help in arresting ousted Prime ...
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Was president Duda a steadfast supporter of asylum rights even when PiS was holding the cabinet?
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Poland’s president on Wednesday condemned the government’s contentious plan to suspend the right to asylum for irregular migrants, calling it a “fatal mistake.”
President Andrzej Duda, whose ...
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Rationale for illegal immigration to Europe?
I am trying to understand to what extent attempts to illegally migrate to Europe (EU,UK) are rational, or whether misinformation about the target countries is playing a crucial role. To clarify, ...
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Like the EU, have US states discussed refugee sharing system?
EU countries have been talking about an agreement wherein the burden of refugees will be shared across many countries, not just the ones on frontier. For example, refugees that come to Italian shores ...
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Why does Denmark provide a significantly lower level of protection to some refugees if there's a Common European Asylum System?
In 2015 and 2019, the Danish government introduced a series of
legislative amendments that fundamentally changed Danish asylum
practice. With these changes in mind, this report observes that
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Is corruption viewed generally positive by officials in charge of asylum claims? [closed]
I have heard of and been involved in cases where people from authoritarian corrupt countries tried to seek asylum on such grounds, as they have a strong conviction that corruption is bad and they ...
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How many "Inner Mongolian political refugees" might be in Mongolia?
France24 says in relation with the arrest of a Mongolian opposition figure (who was critical of Mongolia's close[r] relations with China) that
Activists also say China has pressured Mongolia to ...
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What makes political asylum case "strong"?
What constitutes "strong case" that persuades people to grant political asylum to people requesting it?
Does it usually have to elicit more public outrage because of blood, tortures and ...
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Asylum and migration at the U.S.-Mexican border
The state of Texas has implemented measures to discourage or prevent border crossings outside the legal ports of entry.
I have a number of related questions regarding the border situation, which is ...
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What % of asylum seekers who entered the EU during the 2015 European migrant crisis are now fluent in the local language?
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The 2015 European migrant crisis, also known internationally as the Syrian refugee crisis, was a period of significantly increased movement of refugees and migrants into ...
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Did the Biden administration successfully terminate Trump’s Safe Third Country agreements?
In 2019, the Trump Administration signed asylum cooperative agreements, commonly known as “Safe Third Country” agreements, with Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Under these agreements, those ...
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What is the current state of the plan to send those seeking asylum in the UK to Rwanda?
The recent question Is the UK going to abandon asylum for refugees? reminded me of the BBC's April 14, 2022 One-way ticket to Rwanda for some UK asylum seekers.
A lot has happened since then.
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Is the UK going to abandon asylum for refugees?
The Prime Minister has said that the law will be changed such that no one who arrives in the country illegally will be eligible to remain - or words to that effect.
Given that there is no legal method ...
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