<story><title>Hong Kong activists wanted by police gain protection in Germany</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/world/asia/hong-kong-china-germany-activists.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Tomte</author><text>And, preposterously, America has given political asylum to German home-schoolers a few years ago.</text></item><item><author>Iv</author><text>“If the German government thinks that the Hong Kong judiciary is independent, they would not grant me refugee status,”&lt;p&gt;I just want to point out that refugee status is given on a case by case basis. Even with an independent judiciary, if your laws oppress some people, refugee status can be obtained. Europe has accepted refugees from USA during McCarty&amp;#x27;s era.&lt;p&gt;Accepting a refugee from another nation does have diplomatic meaning but is does not automatically mean that they will dismiss each other judgements automatically.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>duxup</author><text>Is that bad?&lt;p&gt;Someone wants to educate their children at home, in Germany that&amp;#x27;s not ok.  In the US it is, so in the US they get some level of asylum.&lt;p&gt;These folks aren&amp;#x27;t some terrorists, they&amp;#x27;re not hurting anyone... seems like a situation where there are two different approaches, not some serious crime.&lt;p&gt;It also is a case by case basis so who knows if it holds up in court for long.&lt;p&gt;Edit: Looks like they lost the asylum part of their bid:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;abcnews.go.com&amp;#x2F;US&amp;#x2F;home-schooling-german-family-allowed-stay-us&amp;#x2F;story?id=22788876&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;abcnews.go.com&amp;#x2F;US&amp;#x2F;home-schooling-german-family-allow...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Hong Kong activists wanted by police gain protection in Germany</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/world/asia/hong-kong-china-germany-activists.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Tomte</author><text>And, preposterously, America has given political asylum to German home-schoolers a few years ago.</text></item><item><author>Iv</author><text>“If the German government thinks that the Hong Kong judiciary is independent, they would not grant me refugee status,”&lt;p&gt;I just want to point out that refugee status is given on a case by case basis. Even with an independent judiciary, if your laws oppress some people, refugee status can be obtained. Europe has accepted refugees from USA during McCarty&amp;#x27;s era.&lt;p&gt;Accepting a refugee from another nation does have diplomatic meaning but is does not automatically mean that they will dismiss each other judgements automatically.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mieseratte</author><text>&amp;gt; And, preposterously, America has given political asylum to German home-schoolers a few years ago.&lt;p&gt;Why preposterously?</text></comment>