Asylum: “protection to people who fear political persecution in their home country due to a protected characteristic” Example: Asylum is intended for political

Asylum: “protection to people who fear political persecution in their home country due to a protected characteristic” Example: Asylum is intended for political persecution. If you feel unsafe living in Chicago because a gang is after you, that doesn’t fall under the definition of asylum for you to move to London. If you are being rounded up by the govt and placed in a jail because of your religion, that would be a case for asylum. If your country wants to try you for a crime and you flee, that makes you a fugitive and that’s why there is “extradition”. This would not be a case for asylum.