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Asylum

/əˈsaɪləm/
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(noun) A place of safety or refuge.

The embassy denied political asylum to foreign refugees.
Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The political refugee requested ____ to protect himself from his regime.

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