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."