asylum-seeker

English

asylum-seeker (plural asylum-seekers)

Alternative spelling of asylum seeker
- 1990 July 25, Howard W. French, “ASYLUM-SEEKERS STRAIN CUBA'S TIES”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:
  As of today, 18 Cuban asylum-seekers remained inside the Spanish Embassy, four were at an Italian diplomatic residence and three were inside the Swiss Embassy.
- 2024 March 16, Hamid Aleaziz, “Ankle Monitors and Curfews: Inside Biden’s New Tracking System for Migrant Families”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:
  “We know that we didn’t come here legally, but we didn’t have a way to do it legally,” said Sandra, an asylum-seeker who crossed the border with her son, Justin, and her husband.