Definition of Asylum

place of safety

Examples of Asylum in a sentence

Clara’s lifelong dream is to start a program that grants asylum to persecuted citizens from other countries.  🔊

Seeking asylum from their homelands, many people have fled to the United States in hopes of having a better life.  🔊

After receiving asylum from the government, the foreign woman was able to remain in the country without fear of being extradited.  🔊

The immigration department is in the process of deporting a large number of asylum seekers who have entered the country illegally.  🔊

In the newspaper, there is a lengthy article about the number of refugees who have been granted asylum to remain in this country.  🔊

When the escaped convict ran into the church, he hoped the priest would provide him with asylum from the police.  🔊

The man who is seeking asylum swears he will be killed if he is deported back to his birthplace.  🔊

If the men on the raft hope to seek asylum and never return to their country, they must be prepared to complete a great deal of political paperwork.  🔊

It is not unusual for an immigrant, who has suffered human right’s violations, to be granted asylum by a foreign government.  🔊

As soon as the refugee steps off the airplane, she hopes to obtain asylum so she will not be forced to return to her war torn country.  🔊

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