LAWS7714 – Law – 2019
Seminar four: Access to Asylum and Administrative Detention
Art 31(1) Refugees Convention: ‘The Contracting States shall not impose penalties, on account of their illegal entry or
presence, on refugees who, coming directly from a territory where their life or freedom was threatened …, enter or are
present in their territory without authorization, provided they present themselves without delay to the authorities and
show good cause for their illegal entry or presence’.
Art 31(2). ‘Contracting States shall not apply to the movements of such refugees restrictions other than those which are
necessary and such restrictions shall only be applied until their status in the country is regularized or they obtain admission
into another country.’
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Seminar four: Access to Asylum and Administrative Detention Art 31(1) Refugees Convention: ‘The Contracting States shall not impose penalties, on account of their illegal entry or presence, on refugees who, coming directly from a territory where their life or freedom was threatened …, enter or are present in their territory without authorization, provided they present […]
