Below you will find example sentences with "seeking asylum". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Seeking Asylum in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: asylum
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "seeking asylum" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 27.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 200 children seeking asylum, 36 people seeking asylum the finnish, people, migrants and border stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with asylum seekers, seek asylum, seeking comment, asylum seekers, seek asylum and asylum claims, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with seeking asylum
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Her assigned court date for formally seeking asylum isn’t until Dec. 3, 2025. (14 words)
Contrast this with the Home Office, who has lost contact with over 200 children seeking asylum. (16 words)
It comes after a series of protests and attacks directed against those seeking asylum in Dun Laoghaire and Ballybrack. (19 words)
That film still marks the only time that a film-crew was privy to the private proceedings at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), where individual asylum officers ponder the often life-or-death fate of immigrants seeking asylum. (41 words)
Patrick Ryan, chief executive of the Hestia charity, said: “We work with thousands of survivors each year, and we have seen no evidence to suggest that modern slavery support processes are being exploited by individuals seeking asylum in the UK. (40 words)
The senators and the Biden administration have considered toughening the so-called credible fear standard that’s used in the initial interviews to determine if migrants seeking asylum would likely have a winnable case before an immigration judge. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The men seeking asylum who have been enjoying playing football with local teams while they wait for their asylum claims to be processed.
Individuals seeking asylum from Central American "shithole countries" like Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador shall henceforth reside in Mexico until our gracious king figures out a way to squeeze them in for asylum hearings.
That film still marks the only time that a film-crew was privy to the private proceedings at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), where individual asylum officers ponder the often life-or-death fate of immigrants seeking asylum.
Adrian Walker writes: When he was in opposition, Albanese correctly read the mood of the Australian people as being more compassionate and promised more humane treatment of people seeking asylum.
But he made it onboard, ashore, and eventually, in the middle of the night, to a hotel on the outskirts of Liverpool with other people seeking asylum.
Contrast this with the Home Office, who has lost contact with over 200 children seeking asylum.
Her assigned court date for formally seeking asylum isn’t until Dec. 3, 2025.
In December, the High Court decided that the plan did not breach the UN's Refugee Convention - which sets out the human rights of anyone seeking asylum - and ruled that it was legal.
In the meantime, the U.S. should adhere to its own laws and allow those legitimately seeking asylum to enter the country and make their case.
It comes after a series of protests and attacks directed against those seeking asylum in Dun Laoghaire and Ballybrack.
Jews, Irish, Italians, Chinese and others came here effectively seeking asylum because of the many dangers in their home countries.
Patrick Ryan, chief executive of the Hestia charity, said: “We work with thousands of survivors each year, and we have seen no evidence to suggest that modern slavery support processes are being exploited by individuals seeking asylum in the UK.
Rayan (not his real name) is one of 45,728 people who crossed the English Channel to the UK last year seeking asylum.
The arrivals stopped when Finland shut the border in late November, but resumed on Thursday when two of the eight crossings were opened, with some 36 people seeking asylum, the Finnish Border Guard said.
The county council is looking after more than 230 unaccompanied children who are seeking asylum, a new report has said.
The organization helps to arrange travel for migrants, once they are legally in the US seeking asylum if they do not have the money to travel to their final destination in the country.
The senators and the Biden administration have considered toughening the so-called credible fear standard that’s used in the initial interviews to determine if migrants seeking asylum would likely have a winnable case before an immigration judge.
Using barges such as the Bibby Stockholm could be “catastrophic” for the mental health of those seeking asylum, a therapist has warned.
We’ve been told to brace for “waves” and “surges” of migrants, as if people seeking asylum are threats to our national security and our way of life.
As he prepares for a reelection contest against Donald Trump, Biden earlier this month enacted plans earlier for significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the southern border.