asylee

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• The number of asylee adjustments in 2011 (55,415) was more than five times higher than in 2002 (10,197).

  Blog text (23)

• The provision of emergency shelter is often necessary for refugees and asylees, who sometimes flee their countries unexpectedly and unprepared.

  Academic text (1997)

• So now, some "refugees and asylees" are attempting to find other ways of getting "family" into the US.

  Blog text (18)

• For refugees and asylees, mental health problems are a critical concern that often go unaddressed.

  Academic text (1997)

• And what they do is they streamline the relocation of asylees around the world.

  Stanford

• Political refugees and asylees who leave their countries because they fear persecution are often also economically disadvantaged.

  Academic text (1997)

• To different degrees, refugees and asylees suffer trauma associated with having experienced or witnessed violent crimes and deprivation in wars in their countries of origin.

  Academic text (1997)

• For example, people fleeing persecution can be classified as refugees or asylees, depending on whether they sought admission while still in their country of origin or after having entered the United States.

  Academic text (1997)

• Most of the respondents were refugees (71.4 percent); the remainder consisted of asylees (22.9 percent) and immigrants (5.7 percent).

  Academic text (2011)

• The 113,045 refugees and 55,415 asylees who adjusted their status to LPR in 2011 constituted 16 percent of all lawful permanent immigrants.

  Blog text (23)

Synonyms

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refugee

vsasylee

529 3.5

A person who must leave their country to escape war, danger, or disaster

is someone who sought or obtained official protection in another country

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