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asylum shopping

asylum shopping noun: a practice of applying for asylum in a more ideal state rather than in the nearest or first-reached safe state.

Noun

asylum shopping (uncountable)

  1. A practice of applying for asylum in a more ideal state rather than in the nearest or first-reached safe state.

Origin of asylum shopping

Compound term on the model of forum shopping.

Questions about asylum shopping

What does asylum shopping mean?
Asylum shopping means a practice of applying for asylum in a more ideal state rather than in the nearest or first-reached safe state.
What part of speech is asylum shopping?
Asylum shopping is a noun.

Words near asylum shopping in the dictionary

  1. asylum
  2. asylum hotel
  3. asylum hotels
  4. asylum seeker
  5. asylum seekers
  6. asylum shopping
  7. asylum-seeker
  8. asylum-seekers
  9. asylumlike
  10. asylums
  11. asym

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