1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.

2. This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

Commonly shortened to:

“Right to Asylum” or “Right to Seek a Safe Place to Live.”

Abuses:

Heavily misused to create safe havens for criminals.

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