What is Political asylum?
[[File:Asylum-seekers-by-country-of-origin.svg|thumb|Number of [[asylum seeker]]s by the country they have come from. {{legend|#fd1010|40,000 asylum seekers}} {{legend|#f64444|30,000 asylum seekers}} {{legend|#ee7878|20,000 asylum seekers}} {{legend|#e7acac|10,000 asylum seekers}} {{legend|#e0e0e0|<10,000 asylum seekers (or no data)}}]] '''Political asylum''' may be asked for when people are [[Fear|frightened]] to live in or [[oppression|oppressed]] in their own [[country]]. They then go to another country. If they are allowed to live in the new country, that is called ''political asylum''. [[Asylum seeker|People who seek asylum]] say that they are victims of threats, physical harm or denigration of their human [[dignity]] as violations of their [[human rights]].<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/01/17/pkg-black-russia-targeting-gay-people.cnn.html Russian vigilantes targeting gay men], CNN, January 17, 2014</ref> Political asylum is one of the [[human rights]] affirmed by Article 14 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]], and [[rule]]s of [[international human rights law]]. Every country that has agreed to the ''[[United Nations]] [[Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees|Conventions Relating to the Status of Refugees]]'' must let in people who qualify. People who qualify for asylum are those who can show that they might be [[persecution|badly treated]] in their own country for these reasons: * [[Religion]] * Political [[opinion]]s * Membership of a particular social group or social activities * Personal lifestyle and [[sexual orientation]].<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/05/us-netherlands-russia-gays-idUSBRE9A40LT20131105 Dutch say Russian gay rights violations may warrant asylum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124151942/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/05/us-netherlands-russia-gays-idUSBRE9A40LT20131105 |date=2013-11-24 }}, Reuters, 5 November 2013</ref> People often confuse exiling individuals from their home country as m