Word: asylum
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Greece grants political asylum to only a tiny proportion of illegal immigrants - another source of concern for refugee advocates and human-rights groups. Last year fewer than 1% of those who applied received asylee status, far below the rate in Germany (18%), Italy (11%) or even Spain (4%). Giorgos Karagiannis, country director for aid group Doctors Without Borders, says Greek authorities should be doing more. "Ours is not a political argument. It's practical and medical," he says. "Let's at least meet the minimum standards. We do it for natural disasters. It's not easy, but it's possible...
...country attacks a ship of another country and is stopped by a naval ship of a third country in the territorial waters of a fourth country. The British Foreign Office has concluded that holding pirates indefinitely can infringe on their human rights and give them a case for asylum. But, at the same time, the British also can’t return them to Somalia, where they would face harsh punishment under Shariah law, which would violate the British Human Rights Act. This situation presents an obvious need for an international court for the express purpose of trying pirates...
EXPELLED What's in a name? Ask Omar Osama bin Laden, 27, and he would have quite a story to tell. On Nov. 9, after several appeals, Omar--one of Osama bin Laden's 19 children--was denied asylum in Spain despite his claim that repeated death threats have put his life in grave danger...
...director in collaboration with Rachel D. Libeskind ’11, was pleasing to look at but did not comfortably mesh with the actual tone of the play. White drapes along the wall and white lace coverings over the furniture and plants perfectly create the starkness of an asylum. The lighting, designed by Michael W. Zellmann-Rohrer ’10, shifts between stark white lights, softer ivory ones, and red tones, and serves to heighten the setting. But while the set is well-executed, it remains unclear how it fits into the overall artistic vision of the play.The issue...
...Omar and Zaina have set their sights further to the south, and few experts can figure out why. "It's not as though Spain is an especially easy country in which to gain asylum," says Alfredo Abad, director of the Spanish Refugee Aid Commission. "We have some of the lowest acceptance rates in Europe." In fact, only 570 of the 7,664 who sought asylum in 2007 were granted, a drop in acceptance, says Abad, of 58% compared to the previous year...