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...year-old Los Angeles native says she has always wanted to be a musician, and that she came to Harvard primarily because of the prestige of the diploma and because she liked the students. "Harvard was an insane asylum. I loved it," she says...
Llovio-Menendez gained political asylum in the U.S. in October, 1984. He said he spent 16 years in Cuba plotting his escape and pretending he embraced Communist beliefs, and defected "because I am a revolutionary. I am not a Communist...
...years, the most difficult hurdle for Soviet citizens seeking asylum in the U.S. was obtaining their own government's permission to emigrate. Now thousands of would-be refugees who have been granted precious exit documents are facing an unexpected obstacle. Last week the U.S. embassy in Moscow announced that it has exhausted its entire 1988 budget for resettling Soviets and would process no more refugee visas until...
...breaching Canadian security or that of the NATO alliance, of which Canada is a member. The Canadians evidently received the assistance of a Soviet citizen, Yuri Smurov, a translator at the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations agency based in Montreal. Smurov requested and is expected to receive asylum in Canada...
...activism is taking a direct and vigorous stance for what you believe about a controversial issue," says Truong, who has also organized Boston rallies to protest the Thai government's efforts to discourage Vietnamese refugees from seeking asylum in Thailand. Truong says the reason public service activities have been absorbed into the realm of activism is "because we've gotten more complex about how we think of things...