Asylums Quote by Feyisa Lilesa

The point of asylum is not to declare to the world what country you think is the pinnacle of civilization. The point of asylum…

— Glenn Greenwald

Asylum under the traditional definition doesn't necessarily include people coming here for economic reasons, but I think one of the biggest things we need…

— Katie Hill

We have asylum laws that provide humanitarian relief. Those who qualify under those laws are entitled to the relief that we extend. Those who…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

I hope to be granted asylum. Deportation [ from Germany] that would be a death sentence for me.

— Irakli Okruashvili

Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful. ...Right now, if you…

— Charles Schumer

The lives of immigrants living in our country today and those seeking asylum are urgent.

— Laphonza Butler

Asylum is for people fleeing persecution, not those searching for a better job. Yet our broken system - with its debilitating court rulings, a…

— Kirstjen Nielsen

I'm not an American citizen, but I live in this country and eventually want to become an American citizen because I love this country…

— Rob Halford

Statistics tell us that of the 500,000 people who arrived, those who are granted political asylum are more or less 10 percent. I mean…

— Matteo Salvini

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.

— Jane Fonda

People are demanding their rights and not backing down and I hope that change is on the horizon and change will come to Ethiopia…

— Feyisa Lilesa

People who have reached France or other prosperous western democracies are still desperate to come to the U.K. Because we live here too, we…

— Damian Green