How to Use asylum in a Sentence

asylum

noun
  • She was granted asylum after it was made clear that she would be killed if she returned to her native country.
  • She asked for political asylum.
  • Ramirez also huddled the asylum seekers in the front of the church to pray.
    The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
  • In the past, many migrants would hope to get to the United States and claim asylum.
    Haley Yamada, ABC News, 17 June 2022
  • That would be a disaster, akin to putting the inmates in charge of the asylum.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2023
  • On Monday, the Marechaussee said the man had applied for asylum.
    NBC News, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Once that is done, then the feds can manage the asylum seekers, foot the bill and assist our cities.
    WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The man, an asylum seeker, still had an open case before the court.
    Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
  • Shayevich left Azerbaijan in the Nineties to seek asylum in the United States.
    Bela Shayevich, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
  • And from outside the walls of the asylum, a movement grows to free them from confinement.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024
  • In some areas of the city, asylum-seekers and migrants sleep rough in makeshift camps.
    Saphora Smith, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The arrivals first show that they are allowed to be in the US, while claims for asylum are processed, and then the help begins.
    Shimon Prokupecz, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Ceja, at the time of her death, had formal asylum in the U.S. and was awaiting a hearing on the matter.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 7 Sep. 2022
  • In the past week alone, more than 2,700 asylum seekers arrived in the city, officials said.
    Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Her group works with refugees in the coastal town of Dover, the landing spot for many of the small boats that carry asylum seekers across the Channel to Britain.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The proposal would impact a small group of asylum seekers, the sources said.
    Molly Nagle, ABC News, 9 May 2024
  • Those made to leave the U.S. face gangs and a Mexican asylum system where cases linger for years.
    Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times, 12 May 2023
  • New York will spend $25 million in state funds to rent homes for thousands of asylum seekers.
    USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
  • At the same time, the asylum seeker costs aren’t the only financial issues the city is facing.
    Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 2 May 2023
  • Claim: The plan will ‘stop the boats’ by deterring asylum seekers from heading for Britain.
    Megan Specia, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The windows were smashed and the asylum seekers were appearing at the windows.
    Amanda Lewellyn, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Today a look at Venezuelan asylum seekers and their tough journey to the US.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Court pushes new asylum seekers to front of the line — and creates new challenges.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
  • This might sound like old news, but these asylum-seekers are getting through the border.
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The asylum system, by intent and design, does not gel with this approach at all.
    Felipe De La Hoz, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023
  • How many asylum-seekers have been bused from the border to New York and Washington?
    Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The soldiers gripped their rifles in the face of men, women and children seeking asylum.
    John C. Moritz, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The Ukraine conflict isn’t the only cause to donate travel miles to help asylum seekers.
    Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • Canada’s new immigration bill seeks to impact various areas—from asylum rules to search and seizure, to giving police more power to control and monitor the U.S. border.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 June 2025
  • Wilders had last week demanded immediate support for his proposals to completely halt asylum migration, send Syrian refugees back to their home country and to close asylum shelters.
    Bart H. Meijer, USA Today, 4 June 2025

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