What is an asylum seeker?
Q: What is an asylum seeker?
A: An asylum seeker is a person who was forced to flee from their country because of democide, genocide or mass murder and is seeking refuge in a nearby country but has not been accepted as a refugee yet.
Q: How are refugees and asylum seekers different?
A: Refugees are individuals who have been granted legal permission to stay in a country after being recognized as someone who was forced to flee their country of origin due to persecution. Asylum seekers, on the other hand, have not yet been recognized as refugees and are still waiting for their application to be processed.
Q: Why can some asylum seekers be treated as illegal immigrants?
A: Some asylum seekers who are not yet recognized as refugees may not have legal permission to stay in the country they fled to, and as a result, may be treated as illegal immigrants, even if their life was endangered in their country of origin.
Q: Who decides whether a person is a refugee or not?
A: The decision to recognize someone as a refugee is often left to government agencies in the host country.
Q: How is asylum status assessed?
A: If a person seeks asylum in a country, their refugee status will be assessed by the government to determine whether they are in danger due to persecution or are simply trying to migrate to the country for free.
Q: Do asylum seekers have the same rights as refugees?
A: No, asylum seekers who have not been recognized as refugees do not have the same rights as refugees.
Q: Does the government have to follow the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees for non-refugee asylum seekers?
A: No, the government does not have to follow the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees for asylum seekers who have not been recognized as refugees.
