Who says words don’t matter? The Evening Standard reports on study from the Independent Asylum Commission which concludes that ‘asylum’ seekers should be renamed ’sanctuary’ seekers due to the negative connotations of the word ‘asylum’.
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‘most associated the word “asylum” with a place for the mentally ill rather than with safety for the persecuted, the poll [...]
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