Last Change:
02/15/2024
Directive to Determine Conditions for Movement and Residence of Refugees Outside of Camps, Directive No. 01/2019
Year: 2019
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Education, Freedom of movement
Description
The new Refugees Proclamation, under article 28, grants refugees and asylum seekers the right to freedom of movement and the liberty to establish their residence in areas of their choosing subject to applicable laws uniformly applicable to all foreign nationals. Further, the Proclamation entrusts the Refugee and Returnee Services (RRS) to work towards the realization of these fundamental rights by arranging places or areas within which refugees and asylum-seekers may live as well as facilitate conditions for them to exercise their right of movement. Therefore, this Directive, issued by the RRS, is put in place with the aim of uniformly regulating refugees’ movement and residence outside of camps in line with the 1951 Refugees Convention, the 2019 Refugees Proclamation and relevant international standards.
Selected provisions
A refugee may be issued a pass permit at a refugee camp or reception center under the following circumstances: 1) A one-year pass permit for inclusion in the urban assistance program, regular out of camp residency, preparation for overseas travel and for job search and related activities for refugees who have attended vocational or higher education.
It shall grant a one-year pass permit, which may be renewed up to two times where necessary, for the purposes of assisted urban living, for overseas travel by one in possession of a valid documentary evidence from embassy, for wedding and for job search and related activities for refugees who have attended vocational or higher education.
It shall grant a pass permit, as necessary, for refugees who need to obtain services from immigration, marriage, embassy, education, city administrations, banks, and similar institutions.
Refugees may, up on presentation of relevant documents, travel legally to a third country to live, to be reunited with family members, to attend education and to obtain medical care.
Any refugee who is denied a pass permit while he meets the required criteria has the right to appeal to the superior of the refugee officer who denied him the permit.