Ecuador: Update to Response to Information Request ECU29436.E of 22 May 1998 on whether an individual who was granted UNHCR status in Ecuador and left the country has the right to return, and on the rights and privileges attached to UNHCR status in general
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ECU29661.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ecuador: Update to Response to Information Request ECU29436.E of 22 May 1998 on whether an individual who was granted UNHCR status in Ecuador and left the country has the right to return, and on the rights and privileges attached to UNHCR status in general, 1 June 1998, ECU29661.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac647c.html [accessed 22 May 2023] |
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In a facsimile sent to the Research Directorate by the UNHCR office in Ottawa, the legal officer states "Mandate [UNHCR] refugees who leave Ecuador and seek re-entry are...regarded as migrants and must comply with the visa requirements of Ecuadorian law" (15 June 1998).
For information on the rights and privileges attached to UNHCR status in general, please consult the attached facsimile.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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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UNHCR. Ottawa. 15 June 1998. Facsimile from the Legal Officer.
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