Europese Overeenkomst inzake de overdracht van verantwoordelijkheid met betrekking tot vluchtelingen
Europese Overeenkomst inzake de overdracht van verantwoordelijkheid met betrekking tot vluchtelingen
Opschrift
European Agreement on Transfer of Responsibility for Refugees
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The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto,
Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members;
Wishing to further improve the situation of refugees in member States of the Council of Europe;
Desirous of facilitating the application of Article 28 of the Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 and paragraphs 6 and 11 of its Schedule, in particular as regards the situation where a refugee has lawfully taken up residence in the territory of another Contracting Party;
Concerned especially to specify, in a liberal and humanitarian spirit, the conditions on which the responsibility for issuing a travel document is transferred from one Contracting Party to another;
Considering that it is desirable to regulate this question in a uniform manner between the member States of the Council of Europe.
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
For the purposes of this Agreement:
“refugee” means a person to whom the Convention relating to the status of refugees of 28 July 1951 or, as the case may be, the Protocol relating to the status of refugees of 31 January 1967 applies;
“travel document” means the travel document issued by virtue of the above-mentioned Convention;
“first State” means a State, Party to this Agreement, which has issued such a travel document;
“second State” means another State, Party to this Agreement, in which a refugee, holder of a travel document issued by the first State, is present.