Explore: Refugee Status

disorder." Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by a contracting state or by the UNHCR if they formally make a claim

The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, also known as the 1951 Refugee Convention or the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 is a United Nations

does not qualify for formal refugee status." According to the original 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol, refugee children were legally indistinguishable

The Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees is a key treaty in international refugee law. It entered into force on 4 October 1967, and 146 countries

persecution. The UN Refugee Convention determines what conditions are required to be considered a refugee or when someone's refugee status is taken away due

Zealand Refugee Status Appeals Authority or RSAA, was an independent authority that heard the appeals of people who had been declined refugee status by the

minority was not facing persecution that would meet the threshold for refugee status under international law. Racial discrimination and inequality against

refugee status determination. The Russian authorities are notorious for denying refugee status to asylum seekers – with the approval rate for refugee

as a refugee and given refugee status if their circumstances fall into the definition of refugee according to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

like UNHCR refugees, inherit the same Palestine refugee status as their male parent. According to UNRWA, "The descendants of Palestine refugee males, including