From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
asylum seeker plural asylum seekers
A person who has applied for asylum in a foreign country but has not yet been granted refugee status by that country.
2020 August 5, Francesca Spinelli, “Meet David: born in France, raised in Belgium, facing removal to the DRC”, in The Guardian [1] He stayed with friends and even spent a few nights in a hotel when had nowhere else to go. In September 2019, he moved into a flat with three other gay asylum seekers through Le Refuge, an organisation supporting isolated LGBTQI+ youth.
2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in the Guardian [2] In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”.
person who has applied for asylum
Afrikaans: asielsoeker
Albanian: azilkërkues m
Arabic: طَالِب لُجُوء m ( ṭālib lujūʔ ) , طَالِبَة لُجُوء f ( ṭālibat lujūʔ )
Armenian: ապաստան հայցող ( apastan haycʻoġ )
Belarusian: шука́льнік прыту́лку m ( šukálʹnik prytúlku ) , шука́льніца прыту́лку f ( šukálʹnica prytúlku )
Bulgarian: тъ́рсещ убе́жище m ( tǎ́rsešt ubéžište )
Catalan: sol·licitant d'asil m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尋求庇護者 / 寻求庇护者 ( xúnqiú bìhùzhě )
Czech: žadatel o azyl m žadatelka o azyl f azylant m azylantka f
Danish: asylansøger (da) c
Dutch: asielzoeker (nl) m
Esperanto: azilpetanto
Estonian: varjupaigataotleja
Finnish: turvapaikanhakija (fi)
French: demandeur d’asile (fr) m demandeuse d’asile (fr) f
Galician: solicitante de asilo m
Georgian: თავშესაფრის მაძიებელი ( tavšesapris maʒiebeli )
German: Asylant (de) m Asylantin (de) f Asylbewerber (de) m Asylbewerberin (de) f Asylsuchender (de) m Asylsuchende (de) f Asylwerber (de) m Asylwerberin (de) f ( Austria )
Greek: αιτών άσυλο m ( aitón ásylo )
Hungarian: menedékkérő (hu)
Icelandic: hælisleitandi m
Japanese: 亡命希望者 ( ぼうめいきぼうしゃ, bōmei kibōsha )
Khmer: ស្វែងរក សិទ្ធិ ជ្រកកោន ( svaeng rɔɔk sət crɔɔk kaon )
Korean: 망명 신청자 (亡命申請者)( mangmyeong sincheongja )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: penaxwaz (ku) m or f dawakarê penaberiyê m dawakara penaberiyê f
Latvian: patvēruma meklētājs m
Lithuanian: prieglobsčio prašytojas m prieglobsčio prašytoja f pabėgėlis m pabėgėlė f
Macedonian: азила́нт m ( azilánt ) , азила́нтка f ( azilántka ) , кандида́т за азил m ( kandidát za azil ) , кандида́тка за азил f ( kandidátka za azil )
Maori: kaikimi punanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: asylsøker (no) m
Nynorsk: asylsøkjar m
Persian: پناهنده (fa) ( panâhande ) , پناهجو ( panâhju )
Polish: azylant (pl) m azylantka (pl) f azylowiec m ( colloquial )
Portuguese: asilado (pt) m requerente de asilo m
Romanian: solicitant de azil m solicitantă de azil f refugiat (ro) m
Russian: лицо́ , ищу́щее убе́жище n ( licó, iščúščeje ubéžišče ) , соиска́тель убе́жища m ( soiskátelʹ ubéžišča ) , соиска́тельница убе́жища f ( soiskátelʹnica ubéžišča ) , бе́женец (ru) m ( béženec ) , бе́женка (ru) f ( béženka )
Scottish Gaelic: fògarrach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: азѝлант m азѝлантица f тражилац азила m
Roman: azìlant (sh) m azìlantica (sh) f tražilac azila m
Slovak: žiadateľ o azyl m žiadateľka o azyl f azylant m azylantka f
Slovene: prosilec za azil m prosilka za azil f
Spanish: solicitante de asilo m or f asilante
Swedish: asylsökande (sv) c
Tajik: паноҳҷӯ ( panohjü ) , паноҳҷӯй ( panohjüy )
Turkish: sığınmacı (tr)
Ukrainian: шука́ч приту́лку m ( šukáč prytúlku ) , шука́чка приту́лку f ( šukáčka prytúlku )
Vietnamese: người xin tị nạn người xin tỵ nạn
Welsh: ceisiwr lloches
