Question

Asylees who have applied for asylum defensively __________.

Answer 1

D. are defending themselves from deportation to their home country

There are several ways to ask for asylum, in this case asylum defensively applies for people whose life is threatened if they return to their home countries, could be by civil war, the state, the police, or society.

Answer 2

The correct answer is d. are defending themselves from deportation to their home country

A famous example of this was Bobby Fisher, the famous chess player, who got an asylum in Iceland so as to not get deported to the US where he would stand trial for hate speech.