Example sentences for: asylum-seekers

How can you use “asylum-seekers” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "For much of Europe, that would be unthinkable: the ghosts of the Nazi past have never been properly exorcised in the land of Hitler's birth, and the image of the right-wing leader, denouncing foreigners as criminal, calling for the expulsion of asylum-seekers and denouncing the European Union, would make the international storm over Kurt Waldheim seem nothing by comparison."

  • More than 70 percent of Swiss voters approved tougher rules restricting asylum-seekers and rejected a proposal for maternity leave, presumably concerned that some incoming baby might abuse the law.

  • Fill in the blank as Christian Levrat assesses Sunday's referendum on asylum-seekers: "There is a side to Switzerland that is very generous, giving millions to refugees, and a stricter side that wants to make sure that people coming in are not ____________."


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