A status analogous to refugee status would not appear to be adequate.

UNHCR workshops would include registration during mass influx, determination of refugee status and refugee rights.

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 arrival in Canada on 2 April 1997 he applied for refugee status.

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.

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).

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 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.

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

(c) The blanket exclusion by the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 2002 (sect. 97) of the status of refugee or person in need of protection for persons falling within the security exceptions set out in the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its Protocol as a result, such persons' substantive claims are not considered by the Refugee Protection Division or reviewed by the Refugee Appeal Division

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.

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.

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.

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.

It continues its capacity building projects for national refugee administrations, including eligibility committees, to ensure that refugees have access to adequate refugee status determination procedures and receive protection counselling and interventions from the relevant government authorities and judicial bodies.

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.

Rights against discrimination include discrimination on the basis of caste, socio economic condition and immigration and refugee status, as well as the child's special needs.

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.

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.

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.

Israel's disengagement had not changed Gaza's legal status as an occupied territory nor had it modified the Agency's mandate to provide aid and assistance to the refugee population.

Refugee women, refugee children, community development and education

Japan, for its part, had adopted an amended Immigration Control Act and established a new system whereby applicants for refugee status could stay in the country under specific conditions.

Malta had improved its capacity building in an effort to expedite the process of granting refugee status and had increased the number of centres to accommodate third country nationals.

It should be noted that cancellation of refugee status is an appropriate course of action if facts, including in relation to international terrorist activities, that would have justified exclusion at the time the decision was taken only become known after an individual has been recognized as a refugee.

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.

(b) The pressure applied to prevent citizens of Uzbekistan with refugee status granted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from travelling to a third country

It also called upon Member States to ensure, in accordance with international law, that the institution of refugee status is not abused by perpetrators, organizers or facilitators of terrorist acts.