Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Belarus on regulation of process of resettlement and protection of the rights of immigrants

of October 30, 1996

The government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus which are hereinafter referred to as by the Parties:

being guided by the principles containing in the main documents of the UN on human rights, provisions of the Helsinki Final act

proceeding from the aspiration to determine procedure and conditions of resettlement of persons, and also cross liabilities of the Parties on rendering to them assistance in resettlement,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

This agreement extends to the persons moving from the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus and from the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation.

Application of this agreement to each particular person is single.

The parties recognize inadmissible any compulsion of persons to resettlement.

Article 2

The terms applied in this agreement have the following value:

"Immigrant" - the person who is voluntarily leaving the state of the permanent residence and moving to the permanent residence on the territory of other state.

"The member of the family of the immigrant" - the spouse (spouse), disabled parents, minor children, and also the relatives living together with the immigrant and conducting with him general economy.

"The state of departure" - the state of former permanent residence.

"The state of entrance" - the state of new permanent residence.

Article 3

This agreement is not applied to:

a) to refugees;

b) the worker - to migrants;

c) to the persons condemned for making of crimes and who are in places of detention;

d) to persons whose departure infringes on interests of safety of the state of departure before cancellation of the circumstances interfering departure;

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