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Article 31: Safeguarding Refugees in Denmark?
FN Byen
Debat - Retspolitik og forvaltning - Socialpolitik og integration
Does Denmark comply with the Refugee Convention when asylum seekers are punished with imprisonment for entering the country with forged documents to apply for asylum?
Article 31 of the 1951 Refugee Convention is very clear – refugees should not be penalized for entering the country without authorization if they contact the Danish authorities as soon as possible to apply for asylum. Yet we see more and more cases where the Danish authorities prosecute asylum seekers even though they have applied for asylum and their application is being processed by the immigration authorities.
We want to shed light on this issue – why the rules have been made, how are they being practiced and what does it mean for the individual refugee when the convention is not respected, and what are the consequences also in the long term.
15. juni 2024
15. juni 2024 11:00 - 11:45
Article 31: Safeguarding Refugees in Denmark?
C41 - UN City Copenhagen / FN Byen
VIS FLERE
VIS FÆRRE
Deltagere
Rania Elgindy
Associate Legal Officer
UNHCR
Niels Erik Hansen
Lawyer
Niels Erik Hansen
Lisa Blinkenberg
Senior Advisor
Amnesty International
Eva Singer
Director of Asylum Department
Danish Refugee Council