Refugee status is a humanitarian shelter.

Of those, 2,298 had their refugee status recognized.

They were granted refugee status in the Netherlands.

They applied for refugee status on 28 May 1999.

The refugee status determination and resettlement learning programme was introduced in 2003.

iv UNHCR, Note on the Cancellation of Refugee Status, 22 November 2004.

On 28 March 1996, she applied for refugee status and a residence permit.

UNHCR continues to promote the adoption of a proper legislative framework for determining refugee status.

Where UNHCR was involved in refugee status determination (RSD), the challenge remained to transfer responsibility for RSD to national refugee protection systems in a timely manner.

A person's refugee status must also be revoked, ended or not renewed if such information comes to light after that status has been granted.

The status of asylum seekers was being defined in accordance with an Instruction on Work with Persons who Applied for Refugee Status and Procedure for the Determination of Refugee Status in the Republic of Kazakhstan registered by the Ministry of Justice on 15 June 1998 (document No. 519).

On 7 February 2003, the Refugee Determination Division found that he lacked credibility owing to serious contradictions in his statements, and refused to grant him refugee status.

On arrival in Canada on 2 April 1997 he applied for refugee status. His application was rejected.

He did not apply for refugee status and accordingly was sent back to Mexico the following day.

Lababidi s parents are now in Turkey, and hope to apply for refugee status once they get to Europe.

After the elections, one candidate was attacked in Belgrade and is now seeking refugee status in a European country.

In the past few years, Malta had granted refugee status or protected humanitarian status to approximately 53 per cent of asylum seekers, which was the highest acceptance rate in Europe.

She points out that immigration authorities have granted refugee status to only three out of roughly 850 Syrian asylum seekers.

It is also concerned at the low percentage (0.06 per cent) of persons who were granted refugee status in 2003.

The principal remedy available to him was judicial review of the refusal to grant him refugee status in March 1998.

Women applying for refugee status were assigned female interviewers and interpreters, particularly if they were presenting claims involving gender specific issues, and, if necessary, were heard by female members of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal.

The Office was involved in refugee status determination (RSD) decision making in one way or another in 87 countries during 2004.

A Plan of Action on the facilitation of the integration of persons granted refugee status and their employment has been elaborated.

He claims that he was the victim of improper handling, which could not but result in a denial of refugee status.

2.6 On 20 March 1998 the Refugee Protection Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board determined that the complainant was not a refugee within the meaning of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees as defined in the Immigration Act, because his account was not credible.

A status analogous to refugee status would not appear to be adequate. The people affected need more than a right to claim environmental asylum. They need a right to be granted it.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees stated that, in relation to international protection activities the death penalty can be of particular relevance in the conduct of refugee status determination, because the imposition of the death penalty may amount to persecution and lead to the granting of refugee status under certain circumstances.

Unlike refugee status, a temporary humanitarian visa doesn t entitle him to government support, such as medical insurance. And that s something he could really use.

The government is really intentionally using this xenophobia and fear, Chung says, as a way to keep from granting refugee status, particularly for Muslims.

He returned to Canada on 24 October 2001 and applied for refugee status on new grounds (different from those submitted in the present communication).

Refugee status was itself a major human tragedy and a violation of Palestinian human rights, entailing, as it did, expulsion, suffering and forced displacement.

The self study module Refugee Status Determination (formerly RLD2) was also revised and will be launched in five languages before the end of 2005.

Additionally, on 22 November 2004, UNHCR issued a Note on the Cancellation of Refugee Status.iv This document, intended for governments, legal practitioners, decision makers and the judiciary, addresses the legal principles and standards governing cancellation of refugee status by States.

Since 1994, more than 2,500 people, mostly from Afghanistan, had been granted refugee status in his country, and assistance and integration programmes had been launched.

What legislation, procedures and mechanisms are in place for ensuring that refugee status is not granted to asylum seekers who have been involved in terrorist activity?

The Committee notes with satisfaction that the State party has commenced the implementation of the refugee status determination procedure, in the framework of cooperation with UNHCR.

Refugee women, refugee children, community development and education

But they re in the country on temporary visas. So Jaber, her husband and their two sons are applying for refugee status a process that could take years.

Recalling also the principle of non refoulement as enshrined in the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, its 1967 Protocol and customary international refugee law,

Since, however, it was difficult to determine whether a specific applicant was entitled to refugee status, he welcomed the recent affirmation by the international community, through the Executive Committee of the Programme of UNHCR, of its commitment to safeguarding the principle of refugee protection.

For instance, refugee status was recognized, or complementary protection granted to, partners of forcibly sterilized individuals, women refusing to enter into forced marriages and victims of domestic violence.

The Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and relevant Security Council and General Assembly resolutions explicitly excluded perpetrators of serious crimes from the international refugee protection regime.

All States must recognize that guarding borders must not prevent physical access to asylum procedures or fair refugee status determination for those entitled to it under international law.

For example, it has urged that issues such as sexual exploitation, gender based violence, and under age recruitment and abduction be taken into account in refugee status determinations.

It was the Authority's view that UNRWA must continue to serve the Palestine refugees even after Israel's disengagement, until the refugee issue was settled in final status negotiations.