Definition of "haven"

c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, [Act 13, scene what ſhipping, and what ladings in our hauen,]

And the stately ships go on / To their haven under the hill;

1842, Alfred Tennyson, “"Break, break, break,"”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], page 229

Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.

2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian‎