Aug 4th, 2008 · Many Mexican immigrants with HIV/AIDS say their country still has a repressive, sometimes brutal way of dealing with those afflicted with the virus. As a result, HIV/AIDS patients in Mexico are seeking — and getting — political asylum in the U.S.
Jun 24th, 2007 · In 1861, Elizabeth Packard was forcibly removed from her home and committed to an insane asylum because she disagreed with her Calvinist husband's religious beliefs. Playwright Emily Mann tells her story in the Kennedy Center's presentation of Mrs. Packard.
Jun 2nd, 2007 · The Iraq war has created the worst refugee crisis in the Middle East in over 50 years, with some 2 million Iraqi refugees living in Jordan and Syria, and another 2 million internally displaced Iraqis. The Bush administration has promised to accept 7,000 refugees from Iraq this year.
May 2nd, 2007 · Cubans who make it to U.S. soil are allowed to stay. Haitians are routinely sent back. That's the prospect for 100 people now detained in Florida. Marleine Bastien of the advocacy group Haitian Women of Miami defends the quest for asylum.
Mar 6th, 2007 · After four years of chaos and violence, nearly two million Iraqis remain outside their country, most in neighboring countries such as Jordan and Syria. In Europe, Iraqi applications for asylum have doubled over the past three years. Few European countries are offering much refuge, with one exception: Sweden.
Feb 27th, 2007 · An estimate 2 million people have fled Iraq since the start of the war. Among them are thousands of Palestinians. At a refugee camp in eastern Jordan, Palestinian refugees find themselves seeking asylum again.
Feb 20th, 2007 · More than 20,000 Cuban doctors and medical personnel provide their services in Venezuela. But many of the doctors are defecting to neighboring Colombia in hopes of finding asylum in the United States.
Jan 30th, 2007 · A lawyer for a gay Muslim from Lebanon says a new German law should be used to grant the man asylum in Germany. The case prompts debate about how homosexuality is treated in Muslim nations and in Europe.