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The firm also represents individuals seeking political asylum in the US.

Rigdol, granted political asylum in the US in 2002, is the first contemporary Tibetan artist to be included in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's permanent collection with his piece «Pin drop silence: Eleven - Headed Avalokitesvara» (2013).

After he received death threats, it became necessary for their family to apply for political asylum in the U.S., which they were granted almost immediately.

He taught and practiced architecture in Havana and was widely exhibited in Cuban and internationally until he received political asylum in Spain in 1967.

Danh Võ was born on the island of Phu Quoc, in South Vietnam in 1975 and eventually granted political asylum in Denmark, where he was raised.

In 1995, he was granted political asylum in the U.S. with the support of Amnesty International and PEN American Center.

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Thus begins Enaiat's remarkable and often punishing five - year ordeal, which takes him through Iran, Turkey, and Greece before he seeks political asylum in Italy at the age of fifteen.

Director Annarita Zambrano's feature film debut concerns a left - wing radical who fled his native Italy for political asylum in France after assassinating a judge in the 1980s.

Wendy follows her husband out of the restaurant where he dumped her and into a cab driven by Darwan (Ben Kingsley), an Indian Sikh who gained political asylum in the United States due to persecution of people of his religious faith in his homeland.

A young French woman hires a man to document her self - imposed political asylum in Argentina after supposedly leaking highly confidential government secrets.

I have applied for political asylum in Wakanda, and my petition has been approved.

Jack is given an advice by Hammond (Pierce Brosnan), an Englishman that visited Lasia many times: «Cross the river and ask for political asylum in Vietnam».

When a Havana bus driver rammed his vehicle through the gates of the Peruvian embassy and demanded political asylum in 1980, he set off an international crisis that still reverberates in Miami.

In 1929 he had founded the Proletarian Theater in Berlin, then sought political asylum in the Soviet Union when Hitler came to power, and a few years later had «emigrated» to the United States.

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In 1996, my mother fled to the U.S. with me and my sister, seeking political asylum.

And through a series of events that he can only attribute to some sort of divine intervention, he eventually was able to graduate with a combined degree in mechanical and electrical engineering after finally being granted political asylum.

In 2003, Sadr, who was studying at Cornell University, won asylum in the US based on claims he'd been tortured in Iran for his political beliefs, only to lose it in 2009 after his immigration lawyer was jailed for immigration frauIn 2003, Sadr, who was studying at Cornell University, won asylum in the US based on claims he'd been tortured in Iran for his political beliefs, only to lose it in 2009 after his immigration lawyer was jailed for immigration frauin the US based on claims he'd been tortured in Iran for his political beliefs, only to lose it in 2009 after his immigration lawyer was jailed for immigration frauin Iran for his political beliefs, only to lose it in 2009 after his immigration lawyer was jailed for immigration frauin 2009 after his immigration lawyer was jailed for immigration fraud.

In Jarrod's home country, immigration and asylum has long been a source of political debate, and the pastor has made a name for himself by opposing the draconian detention policies of the Australian government.

According to Rudaw, there are around 1,500 Kurdish asylum seekers in Van, some of whom cite political, ethnic, or cultural reasons as their reasons to leave Iran, alongside the nearly 500 of them who have converted to Christianity.

In his opinion, Noonan concluded that the woman was entitled to asylum regardless of whether she was in fact a political subversivIn his opinion, Noonan concluded that the woman was entitled to asylum regardless of whether she was in fact a political subversivin fact a political subversive.

Yet, as the collapse of the political regimes in Tunisia and Libya clearly showed, in the absence of any authority enforcing the previously concluded bilateral agreements with Italy, new arrivals of immigrants and asylum claimants are likely to continue.

The way in which the manifesto is able to exploit much of the racist rhetoric about «bogus» refugees used by government and mainstream party political spokespeople during the debates on the Asylum and Immigration Act illustrates the impact of such debate in legitimising the views of fascist and far right groups.

Mindszenty was granted political asylum at the United States embassy in Budapest, and lived there for 15 years before being allowed to leave Hungary.

The reports had quoted Onyeama as saying that «there was a request for the extradition of some of the Turks in Nigeria who have been given asylum to remain in Nigeria and recognised by the UN as political refugees and the Turkish government requested that we extradite some of them.»

In Northumberland, a German man went into the customer services reception area declaring he wanted political asylum.

A member of London Citizens described the course the pair will take in Hemel Hempstead next week: «They will be in there with asylum seekers, churchgoers and people way outside the political class.

«No existing sound research substantiates the political claim that giving people asylum in Europe stimulates more flow,» says Alexander Betts, head of the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford.

In this Policy Forum, Randall Hansen and Shalini Randeria discuss the different ideological viewpoints of liberals and conservatives in Europe with respect to accepting refugees, highlighting why — even though the continent is not bearing the «brunt» of the refugee crisis — it remains «in the center of a political and social storm» related to refugees asyluIn this Policy Forum, Randall Hansen and Shalini Randeria discuss the different ideological viewpoints of liberals and conservatives in Europe with respect to accepting refugees, highlighting why — even though the continent is not bearing the «brunt» of the refugee crisis — it remains «in the center of a political and social storm» related to refugees asyluin Europe with respect to accepting refugees, highlighting why — even though the continent is not bearing the «brunt» of the refugee crisis — it remains «in the center of a political and social storm» related to refugees asyluin the center of a political and social storm» related to refugees asylum.

When U.S. authorities allow political prisoners to seek asylum in 1980, Juan travels to America to search for his wife.

Based on the classic «90s British mini-series, the first season in this modern - day political series also stars Kate Mara (TV's «American Horror Story: Asylum») and Corey Stoll (Midnight in Paris).

Best Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Nicole Kidman, «Hemingway and Gellhorn» Jessica Lange, «American Horror Story: Asylum» Sienna Miller, «The Girl» Julianne Moore, «Game Change» ** Sigourney Weaver, «Political Animals»

,» «The Belovs» Anita Lee — «Stories We Tell,» «Everybody's Children» Shola Lynch — «Free Angela and All Political Prisoners,» «Chisholm ’72 — Unbought & Unbossed» Louis Massiah — «W.E.B. Dubois: A Biography in Four Voices» Amanda Micheli — «La Corona,» «Double Dare» Spencer Nakasako — «Refugee,» «A.K.A. Don Bonus» Emiko Omori — «Rabbit in the Moon,» «Regret to Inform» Joshua Oppenheimer — «The Look of Silence,» «The Act of Killing» Dawn Porter — «Trapped,» «Gideon's Army» Gini Reticker — «Pray the Devil Back to Hell,» «Asylum» Azin Samari * — «Ethel,» «The September Issue» Jessica Sanders — «After Innocence,» «Sing!»

The shape - shifting Puppet Master, a rogue creation of a rival agency of the security apparatus, has concluded that it is a life form in its own right, «born in sea of information,» and requested political asylum and true physical existence in defiance of its creators.

So, he moves to Turkey unaware that the she's already in Germany and seeking political asylum as a dissident.

BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR MINISERIES Angela Bassett (Betty & Coretta)-- Lifetim Romola Garai (The Hour)-- BBC America Rebecca Hall (Parade's End)-- HBO Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Asylum)-- FX Elisabeth Moss (Top of the Lake)-- Sundance Sigourney Weaver (Political Animals)-- USA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR MINISERIES Ellen Burstyn (Political Animals)-- USA Sienna Miller (The Girl)-- HBO Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Asylum)-- FX Lily Rabe (American Horror Story: Asylum)-- FX Imelda Staunton (The Girl)-- HBO Alfre Woodard (Steel Magnolias)-- Lifetime

Themed around the sexual and political theories of Wilhelm Reich, its heady mix includes Soviet propaganda clips, upsetting material filmed in insane asylums and even a psychotic Russian ice skater.

,» «The Belovs» Anita Lee — «Stories We Tell,» «Everybody's Children» Shola Lynch — «Free Angela and All Political Pr isoners,» «Chisholm ’72 — Unbought & Unbossed» Louis Massiah — «W.E.B. Dubois: A Biography in Four Voices» Amanda Micheli — «La Corona,» «Double Dare» Spencer Nakasako — «Refugee,» «A.K.A. Don Bonus» Emiko Omori — «Rabbit in the Moon,» «Regret to Inform» Joshua Oppenheimer — «The Look of Silence,» «The Act of Killing» Dawn Porter — «Trapped,» «Gideon's Army» Gini Reticker — «Pray the De vil Back to Hell,» «Asylum» Azin Samari * — «Ethel,» «The September Issue» Jessica Sanders — «After Innocence,» «Sing!»

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television Nicole Kidman, Hemingway and Gelhorn Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum Sienna Miller, The Girl Julianne Moore, Game Change Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

Darwan was imprisoned for his beliefs in India and can never return, having become a US citizen through political asylum back in 2000.

Refugee is the moving and powerful story of a mother of five, Aicha Diop, whose journey to obtain asylum encapsulates the hope of life in America, as well as its harsh political realities.

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Generally, exclusion of refugees is grounded in the hyped fears of employers and service providers that the Immigration Act of 2002 could impose penalties on them if they do not comply with its rules.15 This misconception is further reinforced by political statements, which hold that the majority of refugees are bogus or economic migrants who are in South Africa in a search of a better life.16 There is apparently an inability to distinguish between applicability of the immigration regime and refugee regime.17 However, it is true that the Refugees Act of 1998 strictly exempts refugees and asylum - seekers from the immigration restrictive measures imposed on non-citizens in certain circumstances.

Though Mengestu may have attempted too much in terms of the social, political and psychological implications of immigration from destroyed countries and the dubious benefits of finding asylum in so - called functioning countries, he manages to integrate these heavy themes into an aesthetic whole.

For example, I participated in the 2002 Tirana Biennale representing Greece, during a heavily turbulent political period for the Balkans with refugees flooding in from the Balkan region, as well as many political asylum seekers from Iraq.

Born and raised in Tehran and living in Los Angeles, she envisions the city as an imaginary space between asylum as «the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee» and the more dated meaning of the word, «an institution offering shelter and support to people who are mentally ill.»

She currently lives in New York (Brooklyn), while waiting for political asylum.

Facing a harsh prison sentence in a corrupt justice system, Gazaryan was forced to flee to Estonia where he received political asylum.

At this particular time of political and social turmoil, a little more coherence, clarity, and if the author may add, circumscription in the EU asylum policy is essential.