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Immigration vs Asylum - What's the difference?

immigration | asylum |

As nouns the difference between immigration and asylum

is that immigration is the act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence while asylum is a place of safety.

immigration

English

(wikipedia immigration)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence.

    • Related terms

    * immigrate * emigration * emigrate * migration * migrate

    asylum

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place of safety.
  • The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
  • A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
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    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum , it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner.

    Synonyms

    * sanctuary * shelter

    Derived terms

    * insane asylum * mental asylum * orphan asylum * asylum seeker

    See also

    * refugee ----