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asylum

noun as in refuge

noun as in psychiatric hospital

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A fire at a London hotel housing asylum seekers is being treated as a hate crime and has been condemned as a "despicable and cowardly attack".

From BBC

She moved to California in 1991 with her two young sons to escape political turmoil in Punjab, and lived and worked there while making several unsuccessful asylum attempts in the US.

From BBC

For each migrant the UK returns to France, another migrant with a strong case for asylum in the UK will come in return.

From BBC

Senior council officers are vetting Green as they consider a proposal to allow her to analyse records of spending on items such as IT systems and hotels housing asylum seekers.

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The use of taxis to take asylum seekers from their hotels to appointments must be stopped, the prime minister has said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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