A person who seeks safety from persecution or serious harm in a country other than his or her own and awaits a decision on the application for refugee status under relevant international and national [..]

Asylum Seeker is a person who applies for asylum as a refugee. Any person who has entered a country legally or illegally, can seek refuge by applying for protection under the terms of the United Natio [..]

A person who seeks protection and right of residence in a foreign state. An asylum seeker is granted refugee status if he or she is granted asylum. See asylum, refugee.

An asylum seeker is someone who has lodged an application for protection on the basis of the Refugee Convention or Article 3 of the ECHR.

a person who is currently seeking protection as a refugee and is still waiting to have his/her application for refugee status assessed.

A term used to refer to a person requesting recognition as a refugee in the UK, whose application has not yet been decided. In some specific contexts, the definition includes people seeking other prot [..]

Someone who flees their home country and seeks asylum in another; a refugee.

 Someone who has fled their country of origin and is making a claim for citizenship as they cannot return home.

A person who has fled their country of origin and seeks refuge in another country to escape danger. See also ‘refugee’.