Sweden: Update to Response to Information Request SWE20402.E of 18 May 1995 on the rights of a Somali refugee claimant who leaves Sweden without informing the Swedish authorities while his/her refugee status determination is still pending and is later found to be a Convention Refugee, on whether refugee status would be revoked after the authorities discovered the claimant's absence or would await the claimant's return to Sweden, and if so, on how long refugee status would remain available, on the rights conferred by refugee status, and a copy of the Swedish immigration act
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SWE21256.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Sweden: Update to Response to Information Request SWE20402.E of 18 May 1995 on the rights of a Somali refugee claimant who leaves Sweden without informing the Swedish authorities while his/her refugee status determination is still pending and is later found to be a Convention Refugee, on whether refugee status would be revoked after the authorities discovered the claimant's absence or would await the claimant's return to Sweden, and if so, on how long refugee status would remain available, on the rights conferred by refugee status, and a copy of the Swedish immigration act, 1 June 1995, SWE21256.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab3368.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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Please find attached a copy of a 29 June 1995 facsimile sent to the DIRB by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Ottawa that addresses the above-mentioned topic.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
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Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden, Ottawa. 29 June 1995. Facsimile sent to the DIRB.
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