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Paragraph 2 of Article 32 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China stipulates that China may grant asylum to foreigners who request it for political reasons. In 1979, Hoàng Văn Hoan, the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, was the last foreigner to be granted political asylum by China. From 1980 to the present, no ...
China: Beijing United States: April 26, 2012 () [citation needed] May 2, 2012 () 6 days Left to go to hospital under unclear circumstances. Was later able to go to the U.S with his family. Roger Pinto: Bolivian Senator; leader of the opposition Political persecution by Government of President Evo Morales Bolivia: La Paz Brazil
Part of the opposition against the military dictatorship in Brazil, he had asylum from Uruguay from 3 May 1964 [9] until his expulsion in 1977 [10] and then had US asylum from 1977 to 1979. [11] 1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva Soviet Union United States: Writer and lecturer; daughter of Joseph Stalin [citation needed] 1979 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Iran Egypt
New York City inspires Chinese newcomers – even as migration has turned into a flashpoint in US politics ahead of November elections. Caught between China and the US, asylum seekers live in ...
A bipartisan proposal to grant Hongkongers political asylum in the US was left out of a national defence bill that cleared the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, a setback but not necessarily ...
The 2001 documentary film Well-Founded Fear, from filmmakers Shari Robertson and Michael Camerini marked the first time that a film crew was privy to the private proceedings at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS), where individual asylum officers ponder the often life-or-death fate of the majority of immigrants seeking asylum ...
The app allowed more than 1,400 people daily to schedule appointments with immigration officials at US ports of entry, and then make their way into the States — meaning about 43,000 migrants per ...
The Making of Asian America: A History. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781476739427. Mishra, Sangay K. (1 March 2016). Desis Divided: The Political Lives of South Asian Americans. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816681167. Ngai, Mae M. (2004). Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America. Princeton University Press.