Absolutely not. Regardless of how lenient it seems, probation IS a sentence for being found (or having pled) Guilty. If you flee your probation sentence you are the same as an escapee.
One flees from a country (or from persecution) and becomes a refugee. If one leaves a country as a protest one becomes an emigré, but this distinction is often not made.
A Fugitive
Asylam seekers? I think.
refugees