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.
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: