But Turkey, which has given sanctuary to 3.6 million Syrians, says the migrant problem is growing exponentially.
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Some churches have given sanctuary to drug users and witnesses of killings, while some priests have denounced the bloodshed during sermons and called for bells to be rang nightly in protest.
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The Taliban now controls more territory than it did in 2001, when the US invaded after the group had given sanctuary to Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 20011, attacks.
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In neighboring Pakistan, which the United States sees as crucial to ending the war because its military has long given sanctuary to Taliban leaders, officials said they, too, had been surprised by the announcement.
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Three Cherokee diplomats in London, 1765 In the 1660s, the Cherokee had given sanctuary to a band of Shawnee. But 50 years later, from 1710 to 1715, the Cherokee and Chickasaw, allied with the English, fought the Shawnee, who were allied with the French, and forced them to move north.Vicki Rozema, Footsteps of the Cherokees (1995), p. 14. The Cherokee were also allied with the English and the Yamasee, and Catawba in late 1712 and early 1713, against the Tuscarora in the Second Tuscarora War.
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Although he had given sanctuary to Tostig Godwinson when the Northumbrians drove him out, Malcolm was not directly involved in the ill-fated invasion of England by Harald Hardraade and Tostig in 1066, which ended in defeat and death at the battle of Stamford Bridge.Adam of Bremen says that he fought at Stamford Bridge, but he is alone in claiming this: Anderson, SAEC, p. 87, n. 3. In 1068, he granted asylum to a group of English exiles fleeing from William of Normandy, among them Agatha, widow of Edward the Confessor's nephew Edward the Exile, and her children: Edgar Ætheling and his sisters Margaret and Cristina.
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But despite standing international agreements, Britain responded by confiscating Dutch shipping, and even firing upon it. The Dutch joined the First League of Armed Neutrality with Austria, Prussia and Russia to enforce their neutral status.Edler 2001 [1911], p. 95–138 But The Republic had further assisted the rebelling Patriot cause. It had also given sanctuary to American privateersEdler 2001 [1911], p. 62–69 and had drafted a treaty of commerce with the Americans. Britain argued that these actions contravened The Republic's neutral stance and Britain declared war on the Dutch as a belligerent in December 1780.Edler 2001 [1911], pp. 88–91, 151–154, 164 Meanwhile, George III had given up on subduing America while Britain had a European war to fight.
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