Collocations for asylum - noun
1. protection given by a government
ADJ.
temporary | political
VERB + ASYLUM
apply for, claim, request, seek
She fled the country, and is now seeking asylum in Sweden.
She fled the country, and is now seeking asylum in Sweden.
give sb, grant sb, offer sb, provide (sb with) | get, receive | deny sb, refuse sb
Over 400 people have been refused asylum.
Over 400 people have been refused asylum.
ASYLUM + NOUN
seeker
bogus/genuine asylum seekers
bogus/genuine asylum seekers
application, claim
PHRASES
an application for asylum, the right to asylum
Those fleeing from the war have the right to asylum.
Those fleeing from the war have the right to asylum.
2. mental hospital
ADJ.
lunatic, mental
PREP.
in ~
He spent three years in an asylum.
He spent three years in an asylum.