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- Nov 2020
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Few were granted asylum — less than 3 percent in 1984. By comparison, Poles fleeing Communism were 10 times as likely that year to find asylum here. Anti-ayatollah Iranians were 20 times as likely.
I found it interesting that people fleeing communism in the 80s weren't classified as economic migrants, but people from Latin American fleeing violence were.
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