Asylum seeker

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An asylum seeker or refugee is an individual who has been displaced from their home region due to war and violence; famine or out of fear of persecution, and seeks to live in a foreign nation. During the Human-Covenant War, colonial refugees seeking asylum on Earth were often referred to with the derogatory term refu. The plural word is "refues", a homophone of "refuse," used to imply that such people are garbage.

Human refugees

Many people from the Inner Colonies who began fleeing to Earth after the Outer Colonies fell to the Covenant during the Human-Covenant War. Complying with its standard immigration laws, the Unified Earth Government reacted negatively to colonial asylum seekers. With the ever-present threat of being the next colony to be glassed, people from worlds like Coral gained entry to Earth, being forced into refugee camps. Sophia Bossedon used underground connections to get an illegitimately-earned visa in order to avoid being caught and sent back. When such "illegal aliens" were forced to suffer the realization that their homeworld had finally been destroyed in 2552, Earth continued to intern these people despite there no longer being anywhere to return them to; Sophia was caught up with the post-Coral internment. Some human colonies, like Chi Rho, became home to thousands of refugees.

Covenant refugees

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Earth

In the years immediately after the Human-Covenant War, refugees from the former Covenant member and client races sought asylum on Earth, leading to the South American city of Rio de Janeiro becoming a hotspot for migration. This trend began when the Unified Earth Government permitted alien residency on Earth. Under their authorization, stranded Sangheili and Unggoy soldiers from the Day of Jubilation, marooned following the Syfon-pattern assault carrier's destruction by John-117 during the initial stages of the Battle for Earth, were granted clemency and sanctuary in exchange for their surrender and subsequent intelligence cooperation.

To house these ex-Covenant asylum seekers, a refugee compound was established in Rio de Janeiro, eventually becoming a Sangheili settlement within the Sekibo district. The district features numerous historic human buildings that were converted to house roughly 1,500 refugees; however, because the architecture largely retains its original human design, it does not completely accommodate the physical proportions of the Sangheili.

Not all asylum seekers migrate to Rio for legitimate reasons. Following an attack on Earth and the Master Chief's return, Spartan elements were tasked with stopping a Sangheili terrorist from detonating a HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon. This event further fueled resentment toward Sangheili asylum seekers among human extremist groups like Sapien Sunrise, who desired revenge against the aliens living on Earth. In 2558, UEG ambassador Richard Sekibo was set to negotiate with a Sangheili kaidon to relocate the alien population on Earth to another suitable world, but he was killed on Biko by Sapien Sunrise terrorists. His efforts were ultimately undermined by a campaign of misinformation that spread fears that Earth would admit more alien refugees. The Sekibo district was then named in honor of the deceased ambassador. Since the settlement's inception, the Office of Naval Intelligence has worked to shield Rio's asylum seekers from wrathful individuals and violent groups.

List of appearances

• i love bees (First appearance)
• Halo: The Cole Protocol
• Halo 4
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• Halo: Mortal Dictata (Mentioned only)
• Halo Mythos (Mentioned only)
• Halo: Envoy (Mentioned only)
• Halo: Renegades (Mentioned only)
• Halo: Rendezvous With Ramen