11.   Many, perhaps most, asylum applicants have been tortured or raped.

12.   The column said this section would have devastating effects on asylum applicants like Fauziya Kassindja, the young woman who fled from Togo to escape genital mutilation.

13.   The INS could be told to write regulations that give asylum applicants and others fair notice of what they face.

14.   They contrasted that with New York, where they say detention of asylum applicants is a relatively new policy that has yet to spur systematic housing assistance.

15.   Under the policy, immigration officials trained in asylum law were to interview asylum applicants, review their cases and make a recommendation to district directors.

16.   Within a week, most are freed to the custody of relatives in Germany, northern Italy or France, in keeping with legislation covering asylum applicants.

17.   Work permits are issued to asylum applicants only if INS regards their claim of political persecution as credible.

18.   Asylum applicants must be able to prove religious, social or political persecution in their homeland, Arcaute said.

19.   Bergeron said asylum applicants would not necessarily violate the terms of their visas and he refused to comment specifically about Arrojo.

20.   He said asylum applicants should be given quick answers in their quest to remain in Germany, rather than being kept in limbo.