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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country.
  • A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster.
  • A person seeking refuge in a foreign country due to poverty and no prospect of overcoming said poverty in his home country, i.e., a person seeking an economic asylum.
  • A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, i.e., a person seeking a political asylum.

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