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

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.

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.

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

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).

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

Refugee status is a humanitarian shelter.

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.

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.

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

They were granted refugee status in the Netherlands.

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.

ProGres is already being used successfully to register new arrivals individually, manage refugee status determination, strengthen protection interventions and provision of assistance, streamline resettlement processing, plan and facilitate voluntary repatriation.

They applied for refugee status on 28 May 1999.

His Government welcomed UNHCR assistance in developing refugee status determination hubs in regions with the most asylum seekers and refugees and its measures to raise donor support for asylum system development in his country.

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

The Committee appreciates the passing of a regulation in March 2005, on the implementation of refugee status determination, as well as the generous hosting of more than 10,000 refugees from Tajikistan on a prima facie basis.

In border areas in particular, UNHCR is working to support the Border Patrol Unit in the reception of asylum seekers, the implementation of effective refugee status determination procedures, and the extension of protection to these groups.

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

(a) Maintain or restore the status quo pending determination of the dispute

The Committee observes that, while the State party generally endeavours to comply with the standards of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, some asylum seekers are excluded by the refugee determination procedure of the State party.

On 6 January 2000, the Convention Refugee Determination Division of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board found that the complainants were not refugees within the meaning of the Convention .

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

Since the entry into force of the regulations, a commission for the determination of refugee status had been established in Ecuador, mainly composed of representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees.

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.

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.

The complainants then decided to request leave to apply for a judicial review of the decision of the Refugee Determination Division.

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

His organization was proposing the Constitutional Assembly on Status as the only true mechanism of self determination.

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.

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 Security Council must remain committed to resolution 1244 (1999) and to the standards before status policy, under which definitive progress in standards implementation is a precondition for the determination of final status.

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.