neither one of them is in a voluntary exile. they are asylum seekers who are in exile to avoid situations where they would certainly be denied the usual legal protections of citizens, but we're off topic.
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on-topic: accepting exile as punishment in the modern world would require a host country to receive the exiles. essentially it's rendition, not exile. I was indirectly mocking the viciousness of American prison by suggesting some might choose, I dunno, Egyptian prison instead.
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