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refugee in orbit [1 record]

Record 1 2007-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
DEF

A refugee [or] asylum-seeker who has no papers and cannot establish their entitlement to refugee treatment. Although [they are not] returned directly to a country where they may be persecuted, they are denied asylum or are unable to find a state willing to examine their request ...

OBS

They usually end up being expelled at the point of entry; they are often shuttled from one point of entry to another.

OBS

refugee in orbit: terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
DEF

Réfugié qui, sans être renvoyé directement dans un pays où il serait victime de persécution, se voit refuser l'asile ou est dans l'incapacité de trouver un État prêt à examiner son cas, et va d'un pays à l'autre en quête d'asile.

OBS

réfugié sans pays d'accueil; réfugié dont personne ne veut : terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada et la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR).

OBS

réfugié en orbite : terminologie employée par la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR).

Key term(s)
  • réfugiés en orbite

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
DEF

Refugiado al cual se le niega el asilo o bien, que no puede encontrar un Estado que desee examinar su solicitud y es enviado de un país a otro en una constante búsqueda de asilo, aunque no es directamente devuelto a un país en donde pueda sufrir persecución.

Key term(s)
  • refugiados en órbita
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