Definition(s)
Person recognised as a refugee, by a State or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on the basis of objective criteria related to the circumstances in their country of origin, which justify a presumption that they meet the criteria of the applicable refugee definition.
Source(s)
UNHCR Master Glossary of Terms
Translations
- BG: no translation
- CS: uprchlík prima facie
- DE: Prima-Facie Flüchtling
- EL: εκ πρώτης όψεως πρόσφυγας
- EN: prima facie refugee
- ES: refugiado (prima facie)
- ET: prima facie pagulane
- FI: prima facie -pakolainen
- FR: réfugié prima facie
- GA: dídeanaí prima facie
- HU: prima facie elismert menekült
- IT: rifugiato prima facie
- LT: prima facie pabėgėlis
- LV: prima facie bēglis
- MT: Rifuġjat(a) prima facie
- NL: prima facie vluchteling
- PL: uchodźca prima facie
- PT: refugiado prima facie
- RO: refugiat prima facie
- SK: utečenec prima facie
- SL: prima facie begunec
- SV: prima facie-flykting
- NO: prima facie-flyktning
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Note(s)
This term refers to a more theoretical concept and is often not applied.