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This is a list of people granted political asylum for individual and publicly known reasons. They were persecuted because of their actions as individuals, not because they were members of a persecuted group. Individual reasons for persecution can be found in the notes column of the table.
Political crackdown and impoverishment in North Korea China: Beijing Canada: September 29, 2004 December 22, 2004 2 months, 7 days Negotiated transfer with China. First group of 15 people believed to be taken to South Korea, the remaining 29 were sent to an undisclosed, safe third country (likely South Korea) [25] Lucio Gutiérrez
Albert O. Hirschman – German development economist and political economist. He was an active resistance fighter during the Second War World and Spanish Civil War, helping to rescue many of Europe's leading artists and intellectuals. He is best known for his work on unbalanced development and his book in political science: Exit, Voice and Loyalty.
Now, stuck behind iron gates in one of two departure centers for rejected asylum seekers in Denmark, he feels the reality of political changes sweeping through the Nordic country, and feels his ...
The Sanctuary movement was a religious and political campaign in the United States that began in the early 1980s to provide safe haven for Central American refugees fleeing civil conflict. The movement was a response to federal immigration policies that made obtaining asylum difficult for Central Americans.
A 'dedicated docket' intended to fast-track cases has led to more deportations of asylum seekers who often lack legal representation. 99% of L.A. asylum seekers — many kids — in Biden program ...
Colombia v Peru [1950] ICJ 6 (also known as the Asylum Case) is a public international law case, decided by the International Court of Justice.The ICJ recognised that the scope of Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice encompassed bi-lateral and regional international customary norms as well as general customary norms, in much the same way as it encompasses bilateral ...
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