Dictionary

asylee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əsaɪˈli/

Etymology

From asylum + -ee.

Meanings

1. A non-citizen of a country who has been granted asylum in that country.
   • EMM brings in LGBTQ refugees and asylees in a special federal refugee program started during the Obama administration called “Preferred Communities.” 2025 January 31, Don Barnett, “Episcopal bishop lectures Trump while earning taxpayer millions to bring migrants into US”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2025:
   • "It is quite a novel technique to teach a lesson to any would-be asylees, and also to send a message to the foreign missions." 1990 July 25, Howard W. French, “ASYLUM-SEEKERS STRAIN CUBA'S TIES”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2024:
   • At the same time, we must insure adequate legal authority to establish control over immigration: to enable us, when sudden influxes of foreigners occur, to decide to whom we grant the status of refugee or asylee; to improve our border control; […] 1981 July 31, UPI, “REAGAN'S STATEMENT ON IMMIGRATION”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 May 2022:

Forms

Relateds

asylum seeker

Translations (6)

de Asylnehmer (someone granted asylum) · de anerkannter Asylant (someone granted asylum) · de anerkannte Asylantin (someone granted asylum) · de Asylnehmerin (someone granted asylum) · ar لاجئ (someone granted asylum) · es asilado (someone granted asylum)