Possible Clues:

• Eastern fighter concerned with one who's left
• Displaced person, often
• Royalist who left France during the Revolution
• Foremost of guests entertained by Kuwaiti ruler — European asylum seeker
• Deportee, e.g
• One living abroad (to escape regime)
• Unfamiliar regime for foreigner
• Recorder backing work for asylum seeker?
• One deciding to leave country before catching plane
• Future citizen, perhaps