Asylum seeker

/əˈsaɪːləm siːkɚ/ noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who has applied for asylum in a foreign country but has not yet been granted refugee status by that country.

    "He stayed with friends and even spent a few nights in a hotel when had nowhere else to go. In September 2019, he moved into a flat with three other gay asylum seekers through Le Refuge, an organisation supporting isolated LGBTQI+ youth."

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"He stayed with friends and even spent a few nights in a hotel when had nowhere else to go. In September 2019, he moved into a flat with three other gay asylum seekers through Le Refuge, an organisation supporting isolated LGBTQI+ youth."