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Migration and Home Affairs

Definition(s)

The right of a person to seek asylum, guaranteed with due respect by the rules of the Geneva Refugee Convention and Protocol and in accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

Source(s)

Translations

  • BG: право на убежище (от гледна точка на търсещия закрила)
  • CS: právo na azyl
  • DE: Recht auf Asyl
  • EL: δικαίωμα στο άσυλο
  • EN: right to asylum
  • ES: derecho de asilo
  • ET: õigus varjupaika taotleda
  • FI: oikeus turvapaikkaan
  • FR: droit d’asile / droit à l'asile / droit de demander l'asile
  • GA: ceart ar thearmann
  • HR: pravo na azil
  • HU: menedékhez való jog
  • IT: diritto all’asilo
  • LT: teisė į prieglobstį
  • LV: tiesības uz patvērumu
  • MT: Dritt għall-ażil
  • NL: recht op asiel
  • PL: prawo do azylu
  • PT: direito de asilo
  • RO: dreptul la azil
  • SK: právo na azyl
  • SL: pravica do azila
  • SV: rätt till asyl
  • NO: rett til beskyttelse (b); rett til vern (n)
  • KA: თავშესაფრის უფლება
  • UK: право на притулок
  • HY: ապաստանի իրավունք

Synonym(s)

  • right to seek asylum

Related Term(s)

Note(s)

1. In the European Union, the right to asylum is enshrined in Art. 18 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

2. Refugees have no enforceable right in conventional international law to be granted asylum by a State. It is contested whether customary international law has embraced the individual right to asylum.