Title	Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of R.A. and Others v. Poland (Appl. No. 42120/21) before the European Court of Human Rights
Publisher	UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Publication Date	February 2022
Country	Belarus | Poland
Topics	Access to procedures | Effective remedy | Expulsion | Rejection at border | Right to seek asylum
Cite as	UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of R.A. and Others v. Poland (Appl. No. 42120/21) before the European Court of Human Rights , February 2022, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/621ccfde4.html [accessed 24 May 2023]
Comments	In this submission, UNHCR outlines the domestic legislative framework and practice in Poland concerning the treatment of asylum-seekers at its border with Belarus (Part 2). The submission then provides UNHCR’s interpretation of the relevant principles of international and European law governing this situation (Part 3), before outlining its position on Afghanistan (Part 4).