Possible Clues:

• Protection granted to political refugees
• Refuge from year in a favela?
• Shelter always found around shantytown's west end
• Refuge in Bedlam?
• Shelter unknown character found in a poor part of town
• A shelter from danger or hardship
• Port in a storm can be bedlam
• You'd be mad look for safety here
• Safety's unknown in a down-at-heel area
• A year in hovel — mad to stay there?