UK releases my suspect, a political refugee (6,6)
I believe the answer is:
asylum seeker
'a political refugee' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'uk releases my suspect' is the wordplay.
'suspect' indicates anagramming the letters (a suspicious or unusual spelling).
'uk'+'releases'+'my'='ukreleasesmy'
'ukreleasesmy' anagrammed gives 'ASYLUM SEEKER'.
(Other definitions for asylum seeker that I've seen before include "Political refugee" , "Refugee hoping to stay" , "Person hoping to find sanctuary elsewhere" .)