The protection, by a sovereign state, of a person who is persecuted in his own country for his political opinions or activity
Political asylum is the right to live in a foreign country and is given by the government of that country to people who have to leave their own country for political reasons. a university teacher who is seeking political asylum in Britain. the right to stay in another country if you cannot live safely in your own country because of the political situation there
arriving at a country which does not have an extradition treaty with the country one is escaping from