noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
asylum seeker
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The government halted its policy of returning Zimbabwean asylum seekers to their homeland.
grant...political asylum (= give )
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No country would grant him political asylum .
lunatic asylum
political asylum
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Refugees were seeking political asylum in Britain.
seek refuge/asylum/shelter (= try to find somewhere safe )
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They sought refuge inside the castle.
seeking political asylum
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Refugees were seeking political asylum in Britain.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bogus
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Mr. Winnick Is the Home Secretary aware that the argument is not about bogus asylum seekers?
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A new Act will guarantee sanctuary to genuine refugees but prevent bogus applications for asylum .
genuine
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Those claimants undermine the claims of genuine asylum seekers, and no one would wish to defend them.
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We will introduce improved welfare and legal rights for genuine asylum seekers and establish substantive rights of appeal.
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I do not believe that the genuine asylum seeker will be treated fairly.
insane
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I wondered if they were there to prevent jumpers, like in an insane asylum .
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I am interactive with an insane asylum .
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Steps were taken to improve prisons and insane asylums and to check juvenile delinquency.
political
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On arrival at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport he immediately applied for political asylum .
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Mr RuizMassieu recently requested political asylum .
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He intended to go to New York to seek political asylum .
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The Foreign Ministry said it had not received any immediate request for political asylum .
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The issue of political asylum is, of course, being debated in relation to a Bill which is currently going through the House.
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Her parents were granted political asylum in the United States in 1948 following a Communist coup in Czechoslovakia.
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I want the House to consider the circumstances under which people seek political asylum .
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I interceded with an influential friend to gain the youth political asylum .
seeking
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But I find them particularly disturbing when related to the death of a refugee seeking asylum in Britain.
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When people are seeking asylum they shouldn't have to put up with this.
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That campaign is racist in intent and is against the interests of people who are seeking asylum from situations of great danger.
■ NOUN
applicant
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Finger-printing will be introduced for asylum applicants , to prevent multiple applications and fraudulent benefit claims.
application
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Of the 40,000 asylum applications made last year, nine out of 10 were unfounded.
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About 17, 500 people were granted asylum , out of 154, 000 asylum applications filed.
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The process of accepting or rejecting his asylum application hasn't even begun.
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They claim that some asylum applications are not even recorded, because the foreigner concerned is deported before seeing a magistrate.
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We should be supporting the right to seek independent legal advice in support of an asylum application .
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The processing of asylum applications was to be accelerated.
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Outside the stadium, however, the competitors excelled-clocking up a potentially world-beating 106 asylum applications .
claim
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Those who are making asylum claims should have access to free professional legal advice, as they want it.
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It is also right that, as we have been urging, the asylum claims should be examined more expeditiously.
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The current average waiting timeto determine whether an asylum claim is genuine is 13 months.
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Even without the asylum claims , the games were distinguished more by events off the track than on.
law
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In May, after months of bickering, parliament amended the asylum law .
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But the Left claims that the Chancellor is simply pandering to the far-Right by tampering with the asylum laws .
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It is necessary to provide a proper asylum law to make sure that genuine refugees can be dealt with speedily and adequately.
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They have coincided with a sharp rise in refugees taking advantage of liberal asylum laws .
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In the past six years there have been three asylum laws stiffening up procedures.
policy
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It is crucial that asylum policy is aligned on best practice, not the least generous.
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But the council also said that frequent changes in immigration and asylum policies had played a fundamental and negative role.
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End 1993: Governments to decide unanimously whether to deal with asylum policy as a Community issue.
seeker
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In the United States we don't have asylum seekers , we have immigrants.
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They should have done more for asylum seekers .
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The Bill deals with the treatment of asylum seekers and procedures for determining their claims.
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He says we feel the numbers justify the claim that prison is being used in a strategic way against asylum seekers .
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What has forced airline staff to take on this policing role of checking the travel documents of would-be asylum seekers ?
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It is assumed that the asylum seeker will receive that notification the day after it is posted.
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Clause 7 raises the question whether the asylum seeker wishes to submit any variation or amplification of the notice of appeal.
■ VERB
apply
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On arrival at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport he immediately applied for political asylum .
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If they did, they could apply for political asylum and remain for years while their cases were pending.
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Even this can affect refugees adversely - their stories of torture may not be believed when they apply for asylum .
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Fearful of returning to what was then the Soviet Union, she applied for asylum , a request that was denied.
grant
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At the same time, though, it has carefully refrained from protesting at the decision to grant the boy asylum .
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The Korbel family was granted political asylum in the United States in 1948, at a time when Albright was 11.
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They will grant you asylum , Mikhail - in exchange for your aircraft and your knowledge of it.
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Her parents were granted political asylum in the United States in 1948 following a Communist coup in Czechoslovakia.
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Refugees granted asylum or allowed to stay made up a small proportion-just over 10,000 in 1999.
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About 17, 500 people were granted asylum , out of 154, 000 asylum applications filed.
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Her husband was granted political asylum in the United States in 1996.
house
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The difficulties are most acute for those associations specialising in short-term accommodation and for those finding housing for refugees and asylum seekers.
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In the northern city of Greifswald, a kindergarten to be used to house refugees seeking asylum was burned down.
seek
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Many might seek to use the asylum route and, indeed, it would be naive to think otherwise.
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Previously, people who sought asylum were often granted work authorization immediately.
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Mr. King Is my right hon. Friend aware of the widespread concern at the large number of people seeking political asylum ?
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In the northern city of Greifswald, a kindergarten to be used to house refugees seeking asylum was burned down.
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The bill also contains measures that would make it more difficult for refugees from persecution to seek asylum in the United States.
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I want the House to consider the circumstances under which people seek political asylum .
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Fugitive slaves continued to seek asylum in Florida, even after the First Seminole War.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cubans who reach the U.S. are usually granted asylum .
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Gypsies from Eastern Europe have sought asylum in Britain.
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The government described them as economic refugees who have no legal claim to asylum .
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They have sought political asylum in the United States.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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About 17, 500 people were granted asylum , out of 154, 000 asylum applications filed.
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In May, after months of bickering, parliament amended the asylum law.
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It had apparently been hoped that the numbers of long-term patients suffering from dementia would diminish with the rundown of the asylums.
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She thinks of the Periodicals room as an asylum for homesick aliens.
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She was almost a whole world to him, a country that had offered asylum .
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The Victorian asylum movement was successful largely because of a unanimity of views on the subject by most men of influence.
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Would we recognize that as ground for asylum ?