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Asylum is an ancient judicial concept that provides a person who is being persecuted for his political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her country but may be protected by another sovereign authority or a foreign country the opportunity to express his or her views.


The Egyptians, Greeks and Hebrews recognized the right of asylum, or what was known as the protection of persecuted people from legal process. This principle was later adopted by the founding of the Christian Church, which established detailed rules for how to obtain protection or asylum. In 511, in the presence of Clovis I, the Council of Orleans decided that asylum could be granted to anyone who requested it if he or she was subjected to a direct threat of death for any reason - such as theft or infidelity - or without any reason. In general, every person has the right to seek and enjoy asylum in other countries, and this is what the United Nations affirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, then the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees in 1951, as well as the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees in 1967. According to these agreements, a refugee is a person who lives Outside his country due to fear of persecution for several reasons, including ethnic reasons; sectarianism; nationality; Religious, political, or because of his participation in certain social activities. It is worth noting here that political asylum should not be confused with modern refugee law, which deals with the massive influx of populations to other countries, while the right to asylum is a right that concerns the interests of individuals and is presented in each case individually.
Jaafar Abdul Karim Al Khabouri