Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - safe haven

(safe havens) 1. If part of a country is declared a safe haven, people who need to escape from a dangerous situation such as a war can go there and be protected. Countries overwhelmed by the human tide of refugees want safe havens set up at once. N-COUNT 2. If a country provides safe haven for people from another country who have been in danger, it allows them to stay there under its official protection. (AM) Some Democrats support granting the Haitians temporary safe haven in the US. = asylum N-UNCOUNT 3. A safe haven is a place, a situation, or an activity which provides people with an opportunity to escape from things that they find unpleasant or worrying. ...the idea of the family as a safe haven from the brutal outside world. N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N from n