The bill would weigh asylum for religious refugees so heavily that political refugees would be squeezed out.

As greater and greater numbers of religious refugees came to Leiden in the 17th Century, the parish grew to some 6,000 members.

These islands became plantations and dumping-places for religious refugees.

This choice may also have been related to the earlier settlement by French Huguenots, a group of religious refugees, slightly to the west.

He immigrated to the country in the late 1970's as a religious refugee.

From the 16th century to the early 19th century Jersey became the home for French religious refugees.

German immigration to the United States begins to shift from religious refugees to political exiles, following a revolution in Germany.

Fight for legislation strengthening the rights of religious refugees and use of economic pressures.

It is indeed worthy of note that the United States was founded by people who came to these shores, often as religious refugees.

South Australia was a haven for religious refugees leaving Europe over this period.