Asylums
For centuries, the mentally ill have been treated with a combination of fear, disgust and shame. In many cultures throughout history, a person who was mentally ill was believed to be evil or p...
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Sweden, which has welcomed far more Iraqi refugees than has the U.S. or the rest of Europe, said Friday that it is tightening its asylum rules and will forcibly deport Iraqis who are denied refuge....
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The husbands of women forced to abort a pregnancy or undergo involuntary sterilization, or else face persecution under China's coercive population control program, do not automatically qualify for ...
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More people seeking asylum in the U.S. could be detained and then jailed longer under a new Homeland Security Department policy for people wanting safe harbor.The new policy applies to people place...
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Changes the Department of Homeland Security was supposed to make to protect asylum seekers haven't happened, leaving at risk foreigners fleeing danger, lawmakers said Thursday.Sen. Joseph Lieberman...
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Carlos Siguenza remembered the threatening letters left at his home in Guatemala in the late 1980s, when the country was embroiled in a 36-year civil war that left about 200,000 dead."Join the guer...
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Three Cuban musicians who went
missing in Brazil last week after touring in northeasternPernambuco state asked for political asylum Monday. Singer Miguel Angel Costafreda and ...
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The number of Iraqis seeking asylum in industrialized countries during the first half of 2007 more than doubled from the same period last year, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.Some 19,800 Iraqi...
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Olivia Nabulwala says her family in Uganda was so angry and ashamed to learn she was a lesbian that her relatives hurled insults at her, pummeled her and, finally, stripped her and held her down wh...
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Iraqis told they will not get automatic asylum in Britain despite braving death threats to work alongside British troops will now have their cases reviewed, government officials said Wednesday.Abou...
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Asylums
Sweden tightens asylum rules for Iraqis
