Possible Clues:

• A year in ghetto's refuge
• Haven or hospital for the mentally ill
• It's not hard heading off to short Mass in sanctuary
• Said why a poor area's accepted protection
• A political refugee might seek it
• Shelter unknown character in a deprived area
• Refuge may be simple choice with no leaders
• Refugee's protection
• Shelter a poor area bringing in yen
• 'Safe space' could be a yard in shanty town