English-Dutch translations for political asylum

• asiel
  Ook ons is gevraagd Tsjetsjenen nu politiek asiel te verlenen in onze landen. We too are required to grant Chechens political asylum in our countries.
  Als sommigen niet naar huis willen, staat het hun vrij hun cipiers om politiek asiel te vragen. If some do not wish to go home, they can ask their gaolers for political asylum.
  Natuurlijk willen degenen die politiek asiel vragen, politiek asiel krijgen maar afgezien daarvan moet er toch enige controle zijn! Of course, political asylum seekers are seeking political asylum, but there still has to be some form of control.

Definition of political asylum

• The protection, by a sovereign state, of a person who is persecuted in his own country for his political opinions or activity

Related words

• political
• geopolitical
• apolitical
• nonpolitical
• politically
• geopolitically
• sociopolitical
• socio-political
• apolitically
• unpolitical