asylee
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/əsaɪˈli/
Noun
A non-citizen of a country who has been granted asylum in that country.
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At the same time, we must insure adequate legal authority to establish control over immigration: to enable us, when sudden influxes of foreigners occur, to decide to whom we grant the status of refugee or asylee; to improve our border control; […]
"It is quite a novel technique to teach a lesson to any would-be asylees, and also to send a message to the foreign missions."
EMM brings in LGBTQ refugees and asylees in a special federal refugee program started during the Obama administration called “Preferred Communities.”
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asylees