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Asylum meaning

  1. A place of safety or refuge.
  2. The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
  3. A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

Synonyms of Asylum

refuge hospital insane asylum mental home institution mental institution psychiatric hospital mental hospital shelter sanctuary infirmary

Using Asylum

  • The main meaning on this page is: A place of safety or refuge. | The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees). | A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
  • Useful related words include: refuge, hospital, insane asylum, mental home.
  • In the example corpus, asylum often appears in combinations such as: asylum seekers, for asylum, of asylum.

Context around Asylum

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 32.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Asylum

  • In this selection, "asylum" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, seek, new, failed, seekers, accommodation and services stand out and add context to how "asylum" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 42 new asylum seekers had, access to asylum procedures shelter, asylum seekers, seek asylum and asylum claims. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "asylum" sits close to words such as dressed, tariffs and tiktok, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with asylum

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

It will deal with the asylum applications during the asylum process. (11 words)

Faced with rising numbers of asylum seekers, policymakers’ first instinct is to limit who and how many can be granted asylum. (21 words)

Under such deals, countries agree to take would-be asylum seekers from specific other nations and let them apply for asylum there instead. (23 words)

There are no safe and legal routes for asylum seekers to be able to enter the UK, and yet the Home Office sets out that no claims for asylum within the UK will be considered unless coming from someone already in the UK, can you spot the problem there? (49 words)

Asylum gives people who fear for their lives an opportunity to live in the U.S. Many lawmakers have criticized this law because, without Title 42, the U.S. generally doesn’t have the legal means to remove asylum seekers without due process. (43 words)

The migrants also claim that asylum services are processing applications of asylum seekers who arrived after the New Year under the new asylum law, while the paperwork of other applicants who have been stuck at Moria for many months is disregarded. (41 words)

There are no safe and legal routes for asylum seekers to be able to enter the UK, and yet the Home Office sets out that no claims for asylum within the UK will be considered unless coming from someone already in the UK, can you spot the problem there? (49 words)

Example sentences (20)

The migrants also claim that asylum services are processing applications of asylum seekers who arrived after the New Year under the new asylum law, while the paperwork of other applicants who have been stuck at Moria for many months is disregarded.

Asylum groups have also expressed concern that Serco will be under pressure to “offload” failed asylum seekers before the company’s contract to deliver asylum accommodation in Scotland comes to an end and the new company, the Mears Group, takes over.

The latest iteration of the asylum ban requires asylum seekers to have been previously denied protection in a country they traveled through en route to the United States before they may be eligible for asylum here.

Asylum gives people who fear for their lives an opportunity to live in the U.S. Many lawmakers have criticized this law because, without Title 42, the U.S. generally doesn’t have the legal means to remove asylum seekers without due process.

He had entered France legally and applied for asylum, she said, though he was not eligible because Sweden had granted him asylum in April.

Henry died in Broadmoor Asylum aged 51 in 1925, with reports saying he had been "maniacal and violent" when first admitted to the asylum, before sinking into a melancholic state.

It will deal with the asylum applications during the asylum process.

She acknowledged the decision to house asylum seekers on the sites 'may give rise to strong local opinion' and there may be wide discussions about the welfare of the asylum seekers, but said those were not matters for the court.

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She also addressed concerns over incidents of asylum-seekers becoming stranded in the UN Buffer Zone, without access to asylum procedures, shelter, food, hygiene, or other facilities.

Spain was the main destination for Venezuelan asylum-seekers, who tended to be granted humanitarian visas rather than asylum status where their cases warranted protection.

There are no safe and legal routes for asylum seekers to be able to enter the UK, and yet the Home Office sets out that no claims for asylum within the UK will be considered unless coming from someone already in the UK, can you spot the problem there?

The regulations also require asylum seekers to register their intention to apply for asylum and make appointments with border officials through a poorly functioning online app before trying to seek protection at the border.

Under such deals, countries agree to take would-be asylum seekers from specific other nations and let them apply for asylum there instead.

As well as migrants who receive asylum, many submit applications that are not accepted, while others do not even try to seek asylum at all, he said.

Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity, a charity which supports refugees and asylum seekers in the county, told Derbyshire Live that at least one of the two hotels was still being used and that 42 new asylum seekers had arrived there.

Faced with rising numbers of asylum seekers, policymakers’ first instinct is to limit who and how many can be granted asylum.

In June, the U.S. temporarily suspended asylum processing for those who enter the country illegally, making CBP One of the only avenues for migrants to enter the U.S. to seek asylum and further driving down illegal entries.

It said: "Blackburn with Darwen has seen a stark increase in the number of homeless approaches from households who have been required to leave asylum accommodation after receiving positive decisions on their asylum claims.

Migrants build makeshift fires as they wait to enter and seek asylum in El Paso, Texas, from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, on April 2. President Joe Biden is expected to unveil an immigration order that severely limits asylum-seeker crossings.

Some 160 people who applied for asylum at Finland's eastern border last year have since disappeared, amid a sudden surge of asylum seekers arriving via Russia, Finland's immigration authority said.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "asylum" in a sentence?
An example: "The migrants also claim that asylum services are processing applications of asylum seekers who arrived after the New Year under the new asylum law, while the paperwork of other applicants who have been stuck at Moria for many months is disregarded." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "asylum" from authentic English texts.
What does "asylum" mean?
Asylum means: A place of safety or refuge.
What are synonyms of "asylum"?
Common synonyms of "asylum" include: refuge, hospital, insane asylum, mental home, institution, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, mental hospital. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "asylum" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "asylum", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.