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| Domain | Definition |
Immigration | Temporary refuge given to migrants who have fled their countries of origin to seek protection or relief from persecution or other hardships, until they can return to their countries safely or, if necessary until they can obtain permanent relief from the conditions they fled. (references) |
Military & Defense | An area "in which the military would not only offer protection but take tough action against any attempted incursion by the enemy" Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Safe Haven (1995) No Safe Haven (1987) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Glossy ibis - Plegadis falcinellus. Hope Island provides a safe haven for this species for breeding. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Bolivia | Nonetheless, members of the MRTA and other terrorists continued to use the country as a safe haven and a place to plan activities. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | It has underwritten the entire cost of providing safe haven to the Iraqi refugees and continues to provide logistical and administrative support to the UNHCR and other resettlement agencies. (references) | |
Bolivia | After the 1996 takeover of the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru, by Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) terrorists, the authorities found that some MRTA activists had used Bolivia as a safe haven and announced a more restrictive policy on accepting Peruvian political asylees. (references) | |
Economic History | Sudan | Because Sudan was a safe haven for Islamic terrorist groups and because Sudan supported insurrections and/or radicals in Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tunisia, and Uganda, the U.S. added Sudan to its terrorism list. (references) |
Syria | The principal themes of the bilateral dialogue include a call for cooperation in the international effort against terrorism, the cessation of support and safe haven for terrorist groups in Syria and Lebanon, cooperation in efforts to forge a comprehensive peace, and prevention of an escalation of conflict along the UN-designated Blue Line. (references) | |
Syria | Syria has been on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism since the list's inception in 1979. Because of its continuing support and safe haven for terrorist organizations, Syria is subject to legislatively mandated penalties, including export sanctions and ineligibility to receive most forms of U.S. aid or to purchase U.S. military equipment. (references) | |
Political Economy | Yugoslavia | Under the agreement, the GSZ was created around Kosovo as a buffer zone to minimize the potential for accidental conflict; Yugoslav and Serbian security forces were excluded from the GSZ. The GSZ unintentionally became a safe haven for armed ethnic-Albanian groups, including the insurgency group known as the Liberation Army of Presevo, Bujanovac, and Medvedje (UCPMB). (references) |
Women | Algeria | There are very few facilities offering safe haven for abused women, and many more are needed. (references) |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | The Bonded Labor Liberation Front (BLLF) is an NGO that advocates for the rights of bonded laborers and provides a safe haven and educational and vocational training for those who have escaped their bondage. (references) |
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Expression using "SAFE HAVEN": provide a safe haven. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
safe haven | 78 |
safe haven pet rescue | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SAFE HAVEN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Arabic | منطقة آمنة. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | paradis. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | zona protetta. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | afesay avenhay prover refúgio (provide a safe haven). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-f-h-n-s-v" | |
-2 letters: heavens. | |
-3 letters: faenas, havens, heaven, heaves, shaven, sheave, veenas. | |
-4 letters: ansae, ashen, avens, eaves, evens, faena, fanes, favas, faves, fease, haafs, hansa, hanse, haven, haves, heave, naves, neves, seven, shave, sheaf, sheen, vanes, veena, venae. | |
-5 letters: aahs, anas, anes, ansa, asea, aves, ease, eave, even, eves, fane, fans, fash, fava, fave, fees, fehs, fens. | |
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| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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