Draft Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. France: Proposal for the Inclusion of a New Article 6 (a)
Article 6 (a)
"For the purposes of this Convention, the Contracting States shall give sympathetic consideration, in the case of a refugee who is a bona fide seafarer, to the possibility of allowing such a refugee to reckon any period spent as a crew member on board a ship flying the flag of a Contracting State as residence in the territory of that State."
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