˜yÐÄvlog

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political asylum

noun

  1. asylum provided by one nation to refugees, especially political refugees, from another nation.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of political asylum1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

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Both were apparently among thousands of political asylum aspirants who entered the United States from Mexico legally via an immigration process scrapped by the Trump administration.

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So he flew to Argentina and sought political asylum.

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Her intention, she said, is to ask for political asylum.

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He fled the country in September and was granted political asylum in Spain after Venezuela's authorities ordered his arrest, accusing González of conspiracy and of forging documents.

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Poland has accused Hungary of acting in a hostile manner by granting political asylum to a former Polish deputy justice minister accused of defrauding the state.

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