After the storm destroyed their homes, the townspeople sought asylum in the community center.

After the war, many asylums offered shelter to displaced families.

The embassy denied that the activist had a right of asylum, insisting their case did not meet the legal criteria for protection.

Humanitarian organizations are campaigning to ensure the rights of asylum are respected worldwide.

Writers of the era often set their Gothic tales in decaying mental asylums to explore fear and isolation.

Volunteers renovated the old orphan asylums to create safer, brighter homes for the children.

Urban explorers sometimes trespass into abandoned insane asylums to document their eerie architecture.

Asylum seekers often face long waits while their cases are processed, which can strain local charities.

He visited the abandoned mental asylum to research local history.

Volunteers spent the weekend repainting the crumbling orphan asylum to make it feel more like a home.