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asylum seeker

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asylum seeker
aˈsylum ˌseeker noun [countable]
someone who leaves their own country because they are in danger, especially for political reasons, and who asks the government of another country to allow them to live there ⇨ refugee:
    The government halted its policy of returning Zimbabwean asylum seekers to their homeland.