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asylum seeker

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asylum seeker
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (Law) a person who, from fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, social group, or political opinion, has crossed an international frontier into a country in which he or she hopes to be granted refugee status
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asylum seeker
noun refugee, exile, runaway, fugitive, escapee, émigré, displaced person an asylum seeker swam ashore in a bid to enter the country
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Immigration Equality provides free legal information on asylum and runs a pro bono asylum project for LGBT and HIV-positive asylum seekers.
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Coupled with changes from the REAL ID act of 2005, the result is that asylum seekers are less likely to win their cases, said Chris Nugent, a lawyer who works on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) asylum cases at Washington, D.
 
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