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REFERENCES
HONG KONG & VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
B
A PQ 26 July 1982
PQ 18 Oct 1982 C PQ
Vol 28 Col 392W Vol 29 Col 41W Col 40W Col 346W
14 Mar 1983
Vol 39
D
PQ
E PQ
21 Mar 1983 28 Mar 1983
Vol 39
Vol 40 Col 45W
POLISH REFUGEES
F PQ 16 Feb 1983
G
PQ 9 Mar 1983 H PQ 30 Mar 1983
House of Lords Vol 439 No 48 Col 328 Vol 38 Col 399W
Vol 40
Col 140-142W and 146W
THE ROMANIAN, STANCU PAPASOIU
I PQ
J
2
22 Mar 1983 Vol 39
Col 717-719
Lords Debate 29 Mar 1983 Vol 440 No 72 Col 1540-1549
NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES
1.
THE RULES ABOUT RETURNING REFUGEES WHENCE THEY CAME
The 1951 Convention provides that a refugee shall not be
returned to a country where his life or freedom would be
endangered on account of race, religion or political opinion.
2.
1951 CONVENTION ON STATUS OF REFUGEES:
DEFINITION OF REFUGEE
In the 1951 Convention a refugee is generally defined as
a person outside his home country who is unwilling to seek the
protection of that country owing to well-founded fear of
persecution for reasons such as race, religion or political
opinion.
3.
PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINATION OF REFUGEE STATUS
The 1951 Convention, whilst it defines who is a refugee,
does not provide a procedure for determining refugee status
in particular cases. This is a matter for each Contracting
State to establish according to its own constitutional or
administrative procedures. The procedures for determining
refugee status in this country are the responsibility of my
right honourable Friend, the Home Secretary.
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