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LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN

of May 10, 2002 No. 50

About refugees

(as amended on 19-01-2015)

This Law determines the bases and procedure for calling of persons who are looking for shelter refugees in the Republic of Tajikistan, establishes economic, social and legal guarantees of protection of the rights and the set interests of refugees determines legal status of the refugee.

Article 1. Legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan on refugees

The legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan on refugees is based on the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan and consists of this Law, other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Tajikistan, and also the international legal acts recognized by Tajikistan.

Article 2. Basic concepts

In this Law the following basic concepts are applied:

- the refugee - person who is not citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan and is in its territory owing to quite reasonable concerns to fall victim of prosecutions in the state of the civil accessory on the basis of race, religion, nationality, nationality, belonging to certain social group or political convictions and who cannot or does not wish owing to such concerns to use protection of this state or person who, without having certain nationality and being in the Republic of Tajikistan owing to similar circumstances cannot or does not wish will return to the state permanent the residence owing to such concerns;

- person who is looking for shelter - the foreign citizen or the stateless person which left the country of the nationality or the former residence with intention to petition for acquisition of the status of the refugee in the Republic of Tajikistan;

- the place of temporary residence - the place of temporary resettlement of persons who are looking for shelter and the members of their families petitioning for recognition by their refugees or recognized as refugees;

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