Definition: Asylum-seekers

Category: Migration statistics - UNO

Persons who file an application for asylum in a country other than their own. They remain in the status of asylum-seeker until their application is considered and adjudicated.
Source:
United Nations, "Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration", Revision 1, Statistical Papers, Series M, No. 58, United Nations, New York, 1998
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