Spain: Information on whether asylum seekers with temporary work and residence permits would be deported if ever they were without work contracts when their permits expire
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ESP18322.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Spain: Information on whether asylum seekers with temporary work and residence permits would be deported if ever they were without work contracts when their permits expire, 1 September 1994, ESP18322.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac8f3c.html [accessed 20 May 2023] |
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According to an official of the Spanish embassy in Ottawa, refugee cases are subject to Law 5 of 26 March 1984 which regulates the right of asylum and refugee status, and Law 9 of 19 May 1994 which modifies Law 5 (13 Sept. 1994). The 1994 law was reviewed by the Public Defender with the intention of introducing new amendments since the Human Rights Association and the Commission of Assistance to Spanish Refugees have established the unconstitutional nature of some of the articles contained in that legislation (ibid.). Copies of these laws are available in Spanish at the DIRB in Ottawa. The official did not give any indication on whether asylum seekers with temporary work and residence permits would be deported.
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.
Reference
Embassy of Kingdom of Spain, Ottawa. 13 September 1994. Letter in Spanish sent to the DIRB by official.
