Refugee status – Page 3 – EU Migration Pact information

Qualification Regulation:
Recital 27

Where one or more particular aspects of the applicant’s statements are not supported by documentary or other evidence, the applicant should be given the benefit of the doubt provided that the applicant has made a genuine effort to substantiate the need for international protection, all relevant elements at the applicant’s disposal have been submitted and […]

Qualification Regulation:
Recital 48

Standards for the definition and content of subsidiary protection status should also be laid down. Subsidiary protection should be complementary and additional to the refugee protection enshrined in the Geneva Convention. While the grounds for protection differ between refugee status and subsidiary protection status, the ongoing need for protection could be similar in duration. The […]

Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Regulation:
Recital 2

This Regulation is based on the full and inclusive application of the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as supplemented by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967 (the ‘Geneva Convention’).

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 7

Furthermore, for the purpose of supporting the asylum system by applying Regulations , (6) and of the European Parliament and of the Council (7) and of the European Parliament and of the Council (8), it is necessary to record whether, following security checks referred to in this Regulation, it appears that a person could pose […]

Qualification Regulation:
Recital 28

The determining authority should not conclude that the applicant lacks credibility merely because the applicant did not rely on his or her declared sexual orientation on the first occasion he or she was given to set out the ground for persecution, unless it is evident that the applicant merely intends to delay or frustrate the […]

Qualification Regulation:
Recital 53

Depending on the circumstances, including the length and purpose of the stay, travel to the country of origin could serve as an indication that beneficiaries of refugee status have re-availed themselves of the protection of the country of origin or re-established themselves in their country of origin or that, for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection status, […]

Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Regulation:
Article 5 – Eligibility for admission

1. For the purpose of resettlement, the following third-country nationals or stateless persons shall be eligible for admission, provided that they also fall within at least one of the categories referred to in paragraph 3, point (a): (a) third-country nationals who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 37

With a view to ensuring equal treatment for all applicants and beneficiaries of international protection, as well as in order to ensure consistency with the current Union asylum acquis, in particular with Regulations , and , this Regulation includes in its scope applicants for subsidiary protection and persons eligible for subsidiary protection.

Qualification Regulation:
Recital 29

Convictions, beliefs or orientations of the applicant giving rise to activities which could be a basis for a well-founded fear of being persecuted or a real risk of suffering serious harm should be taken into account even if they were fully or partially concealed while in the country of origin.

Qualification Regulation:
Article 1 – Subject matter

This Regulation lays down standards for: (a) the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection; (b) a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection; (c) the content of the international protection granted. Correlation Table Directive 2011/95/EU This Regulation Article 1 Article 1