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The Sanctuary movement was a religious and political campaign in the United States that began in the early 1980s to provide safe haven for Central American

European cities have drawn inspiration from the sanctuary movement in American cities. However, the term "sanctuary city" in Europe generally refers to cities

human sanctuary, a safe place for people, such as a political sanctuary; and non-human sanctuary, such as an animal or plant sanctuary. Sanctuary is a

and they defended Catholic workers providing sanctuary to Salvadoran refugees (American Sanctuary Movement). Its headquarters were in Washington, D.C.

Protection Act in Kansas. The term "sanctuary" draws its inspiration from the immigration sanctuary cities movement of jurisdictions that have resolved

component of sanctuaries. The intentional community model addresses the shortcomings of the standard sanctuary model by focusing on movement building that

border authorities and federal government hostility to the American Sanctuary Movement. In 2003, Congressman Jim McDermott cited Rex 84B in raising concerns

Look up sanctuary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sanctuary is a place of safety. Sanctuary or The Sanctuary or Sanctuaries may also refer to: Sanctuary

Quaker, philosopher, and human rights activist and a co-founder of the Sanctuary movement. He was born in Casper, Wyoming, and died near Benson, Arizona. The

Carroll, 2006: "Sanctuary", in House of War, pp. 397-404. ISBN 0-618-18780-4 "Sanctuary Movement history on New Sanctuary Movement page". Archived from