asylum seekers
Displaced persons seeking safety
Asylum seekers are people who have fled their home country and are seeking international protection but whose claim for refugee status has not yet been determined.
The term is neutral and legal, distinguishing those in the application process from refugees, whose claims have been approved: Asylum seekers waited months for their hearings.
The phrase often appears in debates about immigration policy and border control.
People seeking safety elsewhere
- statelessWithout national belonging
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
- fleeingRapid escape from danger
- exilesBanished persons
evacuees · dispossessed · homeless · expelled · banished · forced migration · deracinated · rootless
Helper of suffering people
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- conflictOpposition between parties
- warArmed struggle between groups
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
displacement · turmoil · upheaval · emergency · disaster · suffering · hardship · plight
Outer edge or limit
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- transitMovement between places
route · perilous · Mediterranean · boat · caravan · checkpoint · interception · passage
Place of safety
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- shelterProtected place or structure
- havenShelter from danger
- safetyFreedom from harm
safeguard · convention · UNHCR · international law · human rights
Reestablishing in new place
- integrationCombining into a whole
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- sponsorshipFunded endorsement arrangement
reception · housing · welcome · host country · adaptation · assimilation · community · services
Temporary outdoor shelter site
- centerMiddle of anything
- facilitySkill or equipped premises
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- processing centerSite for managing throughput
confinement · imprisonment · conditions · release · bail · custody · separation · indefinite
Formal request document
- statusOne's relative position
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
appeal · eligibility · documentation · hearing · adjudication · processing · case · petition
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
exiles · evacuees · dispossessed · homeless · expelled · banished · forced migration · deracinated · rootless · scattered
humanitarian
Helper of suffering people
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- conflictOpposition between parties
- warArmed struggle between groups
exodus · displacement · turmoil · upheaval · emergency · disaster · suffering · hardship · plight · distress
border
Outer edge or limit
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
transit · route · perilous · Mediterranean · boat · caravan · checkpoint · interception · passage · coyote
refuge
Place of safety
safety · safeguard · convention · UNHCR · international law · human rights
resettlement
Reestablishing in new place
- integrationCombining into a whole
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- citizenshipStatus as state member
sponsorship · reception · housing · welcome · host country · adaptation · assimilation · community · services · employment
camp
Temporary outdoor shelter site
processing center · confinement · imprisonment · conditions · release · bail · custody · separation · indefinite · offshore
application
Formal request document
tribunal · appeal · eligibility · documentation · hearing · adjudication · processing · case · petition · interview
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- Cuba-US RelationsCuban embargo, Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs, trade embargo, normalization
- Muslim diasporaMuslim community, Islamic community, mosques, Islamic centers, Muslim communities
- North American RelationsNAFTA, USMCA, border, ambassador, embassy
- Refugee Diasporawar refugees, refugee camps, resettlement, resettlement programs, boat people
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, disaster relief, aid agencies
asylum seekerscitizens
Members of a nation
nationals · permanent residents · naturalized citizens · natives · green card holders
asylum seekerspersecutors
Those who cruelly harass
oppressors · perpetrators · dictators · war criminals · torturers
asylum seekerstourists
Travelers seeing sights
business travelers · expats · expatriates · jet-setters · digital nomads
seek, asylum, seeker, seekers, asylum seeker, asylee, asylums, asylees