The pilot, Hamdi Hanafi Taha, asked for sanctuary after he landed a scheduled flight from Cairo to London on Friday.
"All we're asking for is sanctuary in this country so that our children don't have to endure what we had to endure," Mr. McAllister, 43, says in the distinct Belfast accent that makes answers sound like questions.
No sooner had he moved in, though, than someone asked him for sanctuary, someone he couldn't refuse: Wolfgang Harich, his former landlady's son, who had just deserted from the army.
Art historian Peter Selz said that the paintings "really seem to ask for a place apart, a kind of sanctuary where they may perform what is essentially a sacramental function".
At Happy Cats Sanctuary in Medford, New York, a potential owner might ask for a "white cat with fluffy fur," said Melissa Cox, director of communications and development.
"What Barbraud ought to do," he said, "is ask for a laptop to be brought to his cell, find Partenia, and ask the Bishop for sanctuary".
"Politely asking for cooperation from sanctuary cities is a fool's errand," Goodlatte said.
The sanctuary asked for assistance after it became overwhelmed and could not continue caring for the animals.
That includes giving sanctuary to anyone who asks for it, even an enemy.
Back in the Sanctuary pub, Mr Patton asked for a badge as a "memento" of this tumultuous day.
