asylee
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English
Etymology
Noun
asylee (plural asylees)
- A non-citizen of a country who has been granted asylum in that country.
- 1981 July 31, UPI, “REAGAN'S STATEMENT ON IMMIGRATION”, in The New York Times:
- At the same time, we must insure adequate legal authority to establish control over immigration: to enable us, when sudden influxes of foreigners occur, to decide to whom we grant the status of refugee or asylee; to improve our border control;
- 1990 July 25, Howard W. French, “ASYLUM-SEEKERS STRAIN CUBA'S TIES”, in The New York Times:
- "It is quite a novel technique to teach a lesson to any would-be asylees, and also to send a message to the foreign missions."
Translations
someone granted asylum
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See also
- asylum seeker
Right of asylum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
