France: Information on the number of requests for asylum received by France from Syrian and Iraqi citizens, as well as the percentage of such claimants found to be Convention refugees or protected by non-refoulement
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | FRA20336.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, France: Information on the number of requests for asylum received by France from Syrian and Iraqi citizens, as well as the percentage of such claimants found to be Convention refugees or protected by non-refoulement, 1 April 1995, FRA20336.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab6e32.html [accessed 19 May 2023] |
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Please find attached a 21 April 1995 facsimile sent to the DIRB by the Office français de protection des réfugiés et des apatrides (OFPRA) in Fontenay-sous-bois, which provides statistics and graphs indicating the number of asylum requests received by France from Syrian and Iraqi citizens, as well as the percentage of such claimants found to be convention refugees. The same facsimile stated that OFPRA's decisions are based on the provisions of the 1951 Geneva Convention on refugees.
Information on percentage of those claimants who failed to obtain refugee status but who were given asylum on humanitarian grounds could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
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.
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Office français de protection des réfugiés et des apatrides (OFPRA), Fontenay-sous-bois. 21 April 1995. Facsimile sent to the DIRB on 21 April 1995.
