asylum status
Protected immigrant classification
Asylum status is the legal standing granted to someone who has fled their home country and been recognized as a refugee in their new country.
A person with asylum status has the right to remain, work, and access certain benefits.
The process of applying—seeking asylum—can take years: Her asylum status was finally approved after a lengthy court battle.
Distinguished from refugee status mainly by where the application is made: asylum seekers apply from within the destination country or at its border.
- religious intoleranceHostility toward differing faiths
- Geneva ConventionWartime humanitarian law treaties
- safe third countryNation refugees pass through
- temporary protectionBrief-term security arrangement
- ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of populations
political persecution · identity documents · safe haven · immigration law · armed conflict · war crimes · well-founded fear · family reunification · work authorization · country of origin · human trafficking · legal aid · border control · case officer · access to education · freedom of movement · gender-based violence · refugee camp
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Legal mandate requiring departure
citizenship · naturalized citizen · undocumented status · permanent residency · statelessness
asylum statusdeportation
Legal expulsion from country
removal · expulsion · repatriation · detention · persecution
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