Article 11- Non refoulement

1/ No person shall be refused entry into Ethiopia or expelled or returned from Ethiopia to any other country or be subject to any similar measure if as a result of such refusal, expulsion or return or any other measure, such person is compelled to return to or remain in a country where: a) he may be subject to persecution on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion: or b) b) his life, physical integrity or liberty would be threatened on account of external aggression, occupation, foreign domination or events seriously disturbing public order in part or whole of the country. 2/ The benefit of sub-article (1) of this Article may not, however, be claimed by a person whom there are serious reasons for regarding as a danger to the national security, or who having been convicted by a final judgment of a particularly serious crime, constitutes a danger to the community. 3/ the Agency shall, in line with this Proclamation and other laws, ensure whether serious grounds exist for regarding a person as a danger to national security.

Article 15(1) - Application for Recognition of Refugee Status

Without prejudice to Article 21 of this Proclamation, any person who is at the frontier or any other entry point or within Ethiopia, whether he has entered the country lawfully or otherwise, and who wishes to remain within the country as a refugee in terms of this Proclamation, shall within thirty days, apply to the nearest Agency office or branch office, or police station.