Are they the same as refugeess?
2007-08-16 10:32:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
1. (esp. formerly) an institution for the maintenance and care of the mentally ill, orphans, or other persons requiring specialized assistance.
2. an inviolable refuge, as formerly for criminals and debtors; sanctuary: He sought asylum in the church.
3. International Law. a. a refuge granted an alien by a sovereign state on its own territory.
b. a temporary refuge granted political offenders, esp. in a foreign embassy.
4. any secure retreat.
2007-08-16 10:43:12 · answer #1 · answered by Norma G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not always nut houses (but sometimes). An asylum is any establishment where people are sent for organized rehabilitation. Hence, "insane asylum."
2007-08-16 10:38:55 · answer #2 · answered by I Sprout A Blueberry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how it's used. There is "political asylum" which is basically a type of refugee who is afraid to stay in their own country and is asking for help and aid in another country because they are afraid they will be harmed or killed.
And then there is the institution where blind, insane or orphans are cared for.
2007-08-16 10:43:20 · answer #3 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
asylums are not nut houses, they are places where old people live, is their own community, when a person is getting too old family mambers might choose to put the in asylums, where the have the professional care of nurses etc.
2007-08-16 10:40:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Asylums are basically nut-houses.
2007-08-16 10:36:59 · answer #5 · answered by OrigamiGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
asylums are for crazy poeple and refugees are places to go to when you are in danger of something.
2007-08-16 13:29:23 · answer #6 · answered by pinkaholic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no asylums are where the mentally crazy go...
2007-08-16 10:39:16 · answer #7 · answered by Nikki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an asylum is a crazy-house...it's where they contain crazy people safely.(supposedly)
2007-08-16 10:39:51 · answer #8 · answered by diziPPP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Asymlum is asked for in the US, wheras you can get refugee status in a foreign country. Both state that you are unable to return to your home country, often because of persecution.
2007-08-17 19:09:02 · answer #9 · answered by cait 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋