Abstract

The core function of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is to provide protection to refugees. Refugee status determination is normally conducted by the UNHCR to identify whether an individual should be protected, assisted or, sometimes, resettled to another country, or to give governments advice relative to his refugee status application. This chapter analyses and applies refugee status determination. It examines the concept of a refugee under the 1951 Refugee Convention. Next, the chapter discusses the responsibility for conducting refugee status determination and the mechanisms by which refugee status determination takes place. Finally, it puts forward the requirements for procedures to determine eligibility for refugee status. Keywords:1951 Refugee Convention; refugee status determination; UNHCR

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