Refuge from year in a favela? (6)
I believe the answer is:
asylum
'refuge' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'year in a favela?' is the wordplay.
'year' becomes 'y'.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'favela?' becomes 'slum' (both can mean a poor town or neighbourhood).
'a'+'slum'='aslum'
'y' placed within 'aslum' is 'ASYLUM'.
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for asylum that I've seen before include "Refuge or home for mentally ill" , "Safe place of refuge" , "Shelter for refugees" , "Sanctuary or kind of hospital" , "Shelter given to refugee" .)