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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S PROGRAMME
Thirty-second session.
Diatr. RESTRICTED
HCR/EC/XXXII/CRP.2/Add.1 20 October 1981
Original: ENGLISH/FRENCH
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(CONCLUSIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE SUB-COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
PROTECTION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS IN SITUATIONS OF LARGE-SCALE INFLUX
The Executive Committee:
Noting with appreciation the report of the Group of Experts on temporary refuge in situations of large-scale influx, which met in Geneva from 21-24 April 1981 adopted the following conclusions in regard to the protection of asylum seekers in situations of large-scale influx.
I.
GENERAL
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1. The refugee problem has become particularly acute due: to the increasing number of large-scale influx situations in different areas of the world and especially in developing, countries... The asylum seekers forming part of these statement large-scale influxes include persons who are refugees within the meaning of the adoption 1951 United Nations Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of
Refugees or who, owing to external aggression, occupation, foreign domination or events seriously disturbing public order in either part of the whole of their ACR's mandate, country of origin or nationality are compelled to seek refuge outside that country.
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.2. Asylum seekers forming part of such large-scale influx situations are
often confronted with difficulties in finding durable solutions by way of voluntary repatriation, local settlement or resettlement in a third country. Large- scale influxes frequently create serious problems for States, with the result that certain States, although committed to obtaining durable solutions, have only found it possible to admit asylum seekers without undertaking at the time of admission to provide permanent settlement of such persons within their borders.
3.0 It is therefore imperative to ensure that asylum seekers are fully protected in large-scale influx situations, to reaffirm the basic minimum standards for their treatment pending arrangements for a durable solution, and to establish effective arrangements in the context of international solidarity and burden sharing for assisting countries which receive large numbers of asylum seekers.
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MEASURES OF PROTECTION
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Admission and non-refoulement
In situations of large-scale influx, asylum seekers should be admitted to the State in which they first seek refuge and if that State is unable to admit them on a durable basis, it should always admit them at least on a temporary basis and provide them with protection according to the principles set out below. They should be admitted without any discrimination as to race, religion, political opinion, nationality, country of origin or physical incapacity.
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