asylum seekers
- plural of asylum seeker.
Example Sentences
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The court was told the three defendants knew each other and were living at Home Office-approved hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in Lower Beeding, near Horsham, West Sussex.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The hearing date changes make it difficult to effectively represent her clients, especially asylum seekers coming from war-torn countries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Some 450 refugees and asylum seekers, like Juma, were camped out this month outside the Department of Home Affairs in Durban.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Al Otro Lado, the Court ruled that asylum seekers can be turned away at the U.S. border because they have not yet physically entered the country.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
More than 90 percent of the school’s nine hundred students were black or from an ethnic minority; a fifth of them were the children of immigrants or asylum seekers.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
