asylum seeker
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asylum seeker
- /əˈsaɪːləm siːkɚ/ US
noun asylum seekers · asylum-seeker
- A person who has applied for asylum in a foreign country but has not yet been granted refugee status by that country. He stayed with friends and even spent a few nights in a hotel when had nowhere else to go. In September 2019, he moved into a flat with three other gay asylum seekers through Le Refuge, an organisation supporting isolated LGBTQI+ youth.
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noun person who has applied for asylum
| Español | solicitante de asilo, asilante |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 망명 신청자 mangmyeong sincheongja |
| 日本語 | 亡命希望者 bōmei kibōsha |
| 中文 | 尋求庇護者 /寻求庇护者 xúnqiú bìhùzhě |
| Português | asilado, requerente de asilo |
| Français | demandeur d'asile, demandeuse d'asile |
| Deutsch | Asylant, Asylantin, Asylbewerber, Asylbewerberin, Asylsuchender, Asylsuchende |
| Ελληνικά | αιτών άσυλο aitón ásylo, αιτητής ασύλου aititís asýlou |
| Română | solicitant de azil, solicitantă de azil, refugiat |
| Русский | лицо́, ищу́щее убе́жище licó, iščúščeje ubéžišče, соиска́тель убе́жища soiskátelʹ ubéžišča, соиска́тельница убе́жища soiskátelʹnica ubéžišča, бе́женец béženec, бе́женка béženka |
| Tiếng Việt | người xin tị nạn, người xin tỵ nạn |
| العربية | طَالِب لُجُوء ṭālib lujūʔ, طَالِبَة لُجُوء ṭālibat lujūʔ |
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title = {asylum seeker},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/asylum%20seeker},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
