Confined to Moria they watch as tens of thousands of people queue for days to register their arrival in Europe and get the asylum application paperwork that allows them to travel onwards.
Finally, he decided that his best option was to travel to Europe as a refugee, apply for asylum, and submit paperwork for family reunification.
They encounter Little Bee, who then turns up at the door of their cosy suburban home two years later, an asylum seeker with no paperwork.
Blodgett called Juliana, her sisters, and their mother into a sparsely furnished room, where she presented them with three packets containing the paperwork formalizing their asylum status.
Charities predicted that this winter would be the worst for homelessness in decades, with the rising number of rough sleepers being exacerbated by a rule that prevents asylum seekers from completing the paperwork and organising alternative housing before being moved on from state-provided accommodation.
When a word is used to describe multitudes of people (individuals seeking asylum, immigrants dealing with simple paperwork issues, the hundreds of American citizens unlawfully detained and, lastly, some who may in fact be criminals) as if they are somehow not deserving of human consideration, the word becomes a label.
Refugees can access gainful employment at a time when finding work remains challenging due to language and cultural barriers, or paperwork related to seeking asylum.
In real terms, that practice means Israel's rejected asylum seekers arrive in Uganda without paperwork or protections.
Ingrid goes through immigration paperwork and evidence for their asylum claim while Moises looks at a photograph of the dead body of Ingrid's brother.
Pro bono lawyers have accompanied asylum seekers on other bridges, presenting their paperwork to officials and pressing their cases until they were allowed to apply for asylum and cross.
