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Written question asked by Lord Higgins (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 February 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 February 2016. It was answered by Lord Bates (Conservative) on Monday, 22 February 2016 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum: EU Countries

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether EU member states within the Schengen area are issuing a standard form of passport or other document to those they accept as asylum seekers or whether individual countries decide on the format to use; whether they have examined any sample of such document; and if so, whether they will place in the Library of the House any examples they may have.

Answer

Under Article 25 of the Qualification Directive asylum seekers accepted as refugees in an EU member state will be issued a refugee status travel document, in the form set out in the Schedule to the Geneva Convention, for the purpose of travel outside their territory unless there are compelling reasons of national security or public order which prevent this.

It is normal practice for member states to distribute specimen documents between states. All specimen documents are stored securely in the UK.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL6175
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Asylum EU countries Documents Travel requirements
Link
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