65 Quotes About Asylum

This country was founded on the concept of asylum that you never return those who flee persecution to countries where they are persecuted. Are we living up to this commitment?

It's become much more difficult to win asylum and if an immigration officer issues a mistaken decision, it's highly unlikely the asylum seeker can reverse it.

The world as seen through the window of an insane asylum is the same world as seen from the window of a dentist's office.

ORTHOGRAPHY, n. The science of spelling by the eye instead of the ear. Advocated with more heat than light by the outmates of every asylum for the insane. They have had to concede a few things since the time of Chaucer, but are none the less hot in defence of those to be conceded hereafter.A spelling reformer indicted For fudge was before the court cicted. The judge said: ""Enough -- His candle we'll snough, And his sepulchre shall not be whicted.

Where asylum is used as a route to economic migration, it can cause deep resentment in the host community.

I didn't come into politics to have to deal with the issue of clandestine entry, illegal working, or an asylum system that allows a free run for right-wing bigots.

I don't understand when there's excess capacity at mainland detention centers, why there's a need to take these asylum seekers as far away as possible from the best legal teams.

Unfortunately this failure was a direct consequence of the government's chaotic asylum policy and its porous borders.

This officer was killed by someone who should have been deported when his asylum application failed,