They were granted political asylum because of their status as war refugees from Guatemala.
European governments that were once generous in granting political asylum have also grown more co-operative with Arab governments.
Ecuador says a decision on his claim for political asylum will come later.
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He was granted political asylum in 2003 on the grounds that his life would be in danger in Russia.
The defecting military pilot who landed in his jet in Jordan had requested political asylum, the Jordanian government said.
It involves joining up policies as diverse as housing benefit, work incentives and rules for immigrants seeking political asylum.
The federal appeals court in Atlanta is deciding whether to force the government to give Elian a political asylum hearing.
And questions about political asylum and how it can be requested would be appropriately addressed there at the State Department.
Black South Africans did not find it easy to get political asylum in Britain or visas to visit other countries.
In 2003 he was granted political asylum in Britain on the grounds that his life would be in danger in Russia.
"The majority of Neruda's friends were made prisoners or had to hide or seek political asylum in other countries, " it says.
Both Younas - a property developer in Pakistan before he fled, seeking political asylum - and wife, Bano, were accused of murder.
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In a recent development, Ecuadorian legislator Gloria Gallardo who fled to Colombia this week to seek political asylum returned to Ecuador Friday.
The boy's great-uncle, Lazaro Gonzalez, applied for Elian's political asylum in January.
The following year, Sharif has said, the offer was changed: either Fadl could seek political asylum or Egyptian authorities would come and get him.
Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland refused to give any details of the case, nor would she comment on whether the pair had been granted political asylum.
You fail even to mention the long-established tradition of political asylum in Latin America which has set some limits to violence in that region.
Todashev was granted political asylum in 2008, but he came to the United States some time before that, a federal law enforcement official told CNN.
He emigrated to the UK in 2000 and was granted political asylum in 2003 on the grounds that his life would be in danger in Russia.
The immediate reason was that Mr Montesinos's tourist visa was about to expire, and that Panama had refused to grant him either residence or political asylum.
Is Ms Harris-Perry unaware that families are seeking political asylum in the US for wanting to homeschool their children in their home countries where it is illegal?
As a result, the agency sent deportation letters to thousands who, like Mrs Baldizon, had already failed to obtain political asylum and now could not gain relief.
Mr Berezovsky emigrated to the UK in 2000 and was granted political asylum here in 2003 on the grounds that his life would be in danger in Russia.
Rosales denies the charges, and Lima granted him political asylum.
Last week, a US judge dismissed the relatives' demand that Elian receive a political asylum hearing and upheld the INS's January ruling that the boy belongs with his father.
Muamba was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, then known as Zaire, and came to England in 1999 at the age of 11 after being granted political asylum.
In mid-June 2012, Mr Assange sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he remains after being granted political asylum by the South American country on 16 August 2012.
Unlike the more politically powerful Cuban refugees, the Nicaraguans for years lived in a limbo-like status: not given political asylum, yet regularly granted work permits and made to feel welcome.
The father, Anzor Tsarnaev, and Dzhokhar arrived in the US on a tourist visa in April 2002 and applied for political asylum, federal law enforcement officers told the New York Times.
The Kremlin has been infuriated by the way that several high-profile businessmen fleeing justice in Russia - like the billionaire Boris Berezovsky - have been granted political asylum in Britain, our correspondent notes.
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