asylum
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5.7
- noun
- /əˈsaɪləm/
:
asilo
- Many were unfairly denied asylum in the US despite credible claims of past persecution.
- asylum seekers
- seek asylum
- grant asylum
Let's make sure that the gay refugees and asylum seekers have plenty of rights.
- Let's make sure that the gay refugees and asylum seekers have plenty of rights.
- You know, we're seeing record numbers of people seeking asylum, migrants at border conflicts.
- And it happens to be brown people that are seeking asylum in the United States of America.
- Now the, the process to get your asylum claim heard is going to take basically a decade.
- For instance, that the perpetrator was an asylum seeker that was wrong, that he was a Muslim.
- There is a law that allows you to cross illegally the border and then request political asylum, right?
- Why not come across with your real paperwork and and your real age and who you are and ask for asylum?
- It's when you're like a, you're like a, a communist and you come to the United States and you file for asylum.
- I mean, you know, when I, when I was leaving Pakistan, when I had the choice of leaving Pakistan, I didn't want to go and seek asylum.
- That's the only refugee and asylum move that I'm, I'm backing.
Examples
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And so we had to find refugee or asylum in the United States.
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Migrants traveling overland now have to apply for political asylum in the United States.
Academic text (2012) -
I find it very strange indeed that your country did not grant asylum to those poor people.
Fiction book (1991) -
Can you tell me about how you sought asylum, you poor, poor things.
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Though we had applied and been approved for political asylum in America, we still had to escape illegally.
Fiction book (1996) -
You know, we're seeing record numbers of people seeking asylum, migrants at border conflicts.
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Yet the number of Mexicans seeking asylum in the United States has also increased in recent years.
Academic text (2012) -
All those seeking asylum will be processed and dealt with accordingly.
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Asylum is given to whomever requests it.
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After fleeing violence in his home country, he sought asylum in a new land where he felt safe.
Synonyms
344
1.1
A building that gives temporary housing and protection for homeless people
179
3.3
A safe place or person that protects you from harm
70
4.1
A safe place where people go to escape danger
A place where people or ships find safety from danger
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
9.9
A situation where people who should not lead control things and cause chaos
Compounds
- Slur
13
9.9
A hospital for people with serious mental health problems, now an old and offensive word
How Safe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Asylum comes from the old Greek word asylon, meaning 'sanctuary' or 'safe place', much like the English word sanctuary. So an asylum is a place that offers shelter and protection.