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Seeking asylum in France is a legal right that is admitted by the constitution of France. [1] Meanwhile, the status of recognized asylum seekers is protected by corresponding laws and Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, which France signed on 25 July 1951.
The Code of Foreigners was created at the initiative of Dominique de Villepin, then Minister of the Interior. The Code of Entry and Residence of Foreigners and of the Right to Asylum [1] (French: Code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile, CESEDA), often simply referred to as the Code of Foreigners (Code des étrangers), is the legal code compiling French laws and ...
The right of asylum, sometimes called right of political asylum (asylum from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon) 'sanctuary'), [1] [2] is a juridical concept, under which people persecuted by their own rulers might be protected by another sovereign authority, such as a second country or another entity which in medieval times could offer sanctuary.
An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country, and makes in that other country a formal application for the right of asylum according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 14. [3] A person keeps the status of asylum seeker until the right of asylum application has concluded.
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The 2015 European migrant crisis was a period of significantly increased movement of refugees and migrants into Europe, namely from the Middle East.An estimated 1.3 million people came to the continent to request asylum, [2] the most in a single year since World War II. [3]
Governing junta granted all asylum-seekers safe passage to leave the country Fang Lizhi and his wife dissident in Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: suppression of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 China: Beijing United States: June 5, 1989 () June 25, 1990 () 385 days Negotiated flight to the United States Olivia Forsyth
The U.K. and Rwandan governments reached a deal more than a year ago that would send asylum-seekers to the East African country and allow them to stay there if granted asylum.