"requested protection" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in various contexts to convey the idea that someone has asked for or sought out protection or security. Example: The political dissident fled to a neighboring country and requested protection from their oppressive government. In this example, "requested protection" indicates that the person has sought out safety and security from potential harm or danger.
The 50-year-old cannot be named in order to protect the new identity of Zephany Nurse, who requested protection from international media interest.
Meanwhile, Major Wachaye, who had been stationed in Nizi, north of here, told his superiors that he feared for his safety and requested protection.
Sweden tightened its rules last year, resulting in a drop of two-thirds in the number of Iraqis who requested protection there.
But, it said, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been pressuring "the leaders of nations from which I have requested protection to deny my asylum petitions".
The government and its armed opponents blamed one another, each claiming that residents of the neighborhood, Qudsaya, had requested protection from the other side.
Chota Valera himself had received numerous death threats, sometimes sought refuge across the border in Brazil, and requested protection from Peru's authorities.
His brother, Lal, the chairman of the newspaper, said he wrote to the local authorities requesting protection.
Baugur had earlier given up trying to stave off the administration with its own petition, in Iceland, requesting protection from its creditors.
People who request protection at an American entry point must submit to a screening by an asylum officer, called a credible-fear interview.
The move is an effort to stanch a wave of migration by Central Americans who request protection from the U.S. court system.
At a special hearing in October 1871, Robert W. Keate (then lieutenant governor of Natal) found in favour of Waterboer, but the British persuaded him to request protection against his Boer rivals, and the area was annexed as Griqualand West.
