71.   Their claims for U.N. refugee status would be checked there by U.N. officials, he said, and Australia might admit some who qualify.

72.   Then, they say they would relax the traditionally strict standards for political refugee status so that more Cubans could qualify.

73.   Their concern stems in part from fear that if Kurds are granted refugee status in Italy, they will seek to travel from there to other countries.

74.   They successfully argued that the only reason they were denied refugee status was that the Reagan and Bush administrations had close ties to the Guatemalan and Salvadoran governments.

75.   They said they would not leave until they had been granted political refugee status and guaranteed safe passage to South Korea.

76.   They will be allowed to apply in Havana for refugee status and eventual immigration.

77.   To appease Cuban-American lawmakers who have criticized that provision, the GOP bill would allow immigrants with refugee status to continue receiving benefits.

78.   To enter the region, he was forced to renounce his Indian refugee status and enter Tibet as a Chinese citizen.

79.   Two years later, his refugee status was rejected.

80.   Uld-Mohamed knows his claim to refugee status is flimsy, but a Moroccan trafficker and a Spanish lawyer both urged him to file for asylum.