"An asylum seeker is a person who fled their home country because of war or other factors harming them or their family, enters another country and ...
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applies for asylum, i.e. international protection, in this other country. An asylum seeker is an immigrant who was affected by forced displacement and may become considered a refugee. The terms asylum seeker and refugee are often confused.
A person becomes an asylum seeker by making a formal application for the right to remain in another country and keeps that status until the application has been concluded. The relevant immigration authorities of the country of asylum determine whether the asylum seeker will be granted protection and become an officially recognised refugee or whether asylum will be refused and the asylum seeker becomes an illegal immigrant who may be asked to leave the country and may even be deported." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.08.2020)
