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political asylum
noun
- asylum provided by one nation to refugees, especially political refugees, from another nation.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of political asylum1
First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences
In 1996, Bourjerdi was granted political asylum and went to Australia as a refugee.
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Instead, he stayed and secretly applied for political asylum.
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Then we thought of this cool thing Saul could do with him to find political asylum in Iran and use that operationally.
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The Yellow Dogs managed to escape to America and apply for political asylum in 2010.
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They say they endured harassment and surveillance in Britain, where they sought political asylum and lived from 1997 to 2000.
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They were all expelled by the Soviets except for a few who asked for and obtained political asylum.
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