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单词 asylum
释义
asylum
(əsləm )
Word forms: asylums
1. uncountable noun
If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.
He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.
Synonyms: refuge, security, haven, safety  
2. countable noun
An asylum is a psychiatric hospital. [old-fashioned]
Collocations:
asylum case
This form provides details of the asylum case and must be filed within 20 working days by a legal representative.
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And there would be no cuts in legal aid for asylum cases.
Times, Sunday Times
Asylum cases now occupy a substantial amount of court time.
Times, Sunday Times
The scandal plunges border bosses back to the dark days of the 1990s when a secret backlog of 460,500 asylum cases built up.
The Sun
A safe, fair system for asylum cases to be heard would solve this crisis once and for all.
The Sun
asylum policy
In asylum policy emotion must never replace hard facts.
Times, Sunday Times
We need an asylum policy for the 21st century that meets the needs of genuine asylum seekers.
Times, Sunday Times
Some 800 asylum seekers are currently held under the system, a central plank of the government's asylum policy.
Times, Sunday Times
He focused on matters of alien and asylum policy, employment and social assistance policy, as well as poverty and benefit fraud control.
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asylum process
Most minors do not complete the full asylum process on arrival.
Times, Sunday Times
Going through the asylum process was difficult.
The Sun
The family try not to think about the asylum process.
Times, Sunday Times
The scheme was controversial, with the government claiming it was a necessary response to the misuse of the asylum process by unauthorised arrivals.
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Pathway planning at eighteen, therefore, covers similar options to those that refugees face while undergoing the initial asylum process.
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asylum request
More communities are being asked to find accommodation once the reception centres have processed the asylum requests.
Times, Sunday Times
The sweeping rejections are part of the conservative government's effort to toughen migration regulations and fast-track the processing of 75,000 outstanding asylum requests.
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It has already processed 218,000 asylum requests this year.
Times, Sunday Times
One would focus on processing asylum requests in refugee camps near the war zones from which refugees are fleeing.
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Many are on the mainland, waiting for their asylum requests to be processed.
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asylum status
He was unable to take it up because of uncertainty over his asylum status.
Times, Sunday Times
She has admitted lying to them about the case, lying about her asylum status, lying about her tax matters and so on.
Times, Sunday Times
Eight years ago asylum applications peaked at 84,000; but in 2009, as it became much more difficult to be granted asylum status, applications had dwindled to 24,250.
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As the crisis and numbers have increased, so has the percentage of applicants being given full asylum status which crucially allows them the right to work and rebuild their lives.
Times, Sunday Times
It also places further restrictions on asylum seekers by making the legal process for receiving asylum status harsher.
Times, Sunday Times
claim asylum
Their aim is to reach Germany and claim asylum there.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It would be more responsible to let those in danger claim asylum in Britain.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Under the 1951 UN Convention on Refugees, all those who set foot in Europe and claim asylum have the right to have their case heard there.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
granted asylum
With the help of a lawyer at a charity, they were granted asylum for five years.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They'd refer to obligations under the Geneva Convention and to the Russians who already have been granted asylum.
Low, Ona TO HIS JUST DESSERTS (1989)
Two weeks ago they were granted asylum.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The asylum system could remain substantially unchanged; those granted asylum or other humanitarian protection nowadays amount to only 3 per cent of foreign immigration.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
seek asylum
They refused to seek asylum in the first country they arrived in.
The Sun (2016)
There would also be new shelters for 4,000 asylum seekers and 1,500 emergency slots for illegal arrivals who had not sought asylum.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In addition to economic migration there are those fleeing war and persecution or seeking asylum.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
At least two other interpreters seeking asylum are receiving financial and other help from Helmand veterans including serving soldiers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Translations:
Chinese: 庇护
Japanese: 亡命
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