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HORS PAYS NATIONALITE [6 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2025-09-24
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Citizenship and Immigration
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- cessation of refugee protection
1, record 1, English, cessation%20of%20refugee%20protection
correct, noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Subsection 108(1) of the IRPA [Immigration and Refugee Protection Act] sets out five grounds for cessation of refugee protection ... 2, record 1, English, - cessation%20of%20refugee%20protection
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Cessation criteria apply in the following circumstances: people have voluntarily re-availed themselves of the protection of their country of nationality; people have voluntarily re-acquired their nationality; people have acquired a new nationality and enjoy the protection of that country; people have voluntarily re-established themselves in the country they left, or outside of which they remained, and on which their claim to refugee protection was based; and the reasons for which they sought refugee protection have ceased to exist. 3, record 1, English, - cessation%20of%20refugee%20protection
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Citoyenneté et immigration
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- perte de l'asile
1, record 1, French, perte%20de%20l%27asile
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le paragraphe 108(1) de la LIPR [Loi sur l’immigration et la protection des réfugiés] énonce cinq motifs de perte de l’asile [...] 2, record 1, French, - perte%20de%20l%27asile
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La perte de l'asile se produit dans les situations suivantes : le demandeur se réclame de nouveau et volontairement de la protection du pays dont il a la nationalité; le demandeur a recouvré volontairement sa nationalité; le demandeur a acquis une nouvelle nationalité et jouit de la protection du pays de sa nouvelle nationalité; le demandeur est volontairement retourné s’établir dans le pays qu'il a quitté ou hors duquel il est demeuré et en raison duquel il a demandé l'asile au Canada; les raisons pour lesquelles la personne a demandé l'asile n’ existent plus. 3, record 1, French, - perte%20de%20l%27asile
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Ciudadanía e inmigración
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- cesación del asilo
1, record 1, Spanish, cesaci%C3%B3n%20del%20asilo
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La cesación puede producirse cuando el asilado renuncia al asilo volviendo al país de origen, acogiéndose a la protección de otro Estado o cuando las razones que justificaban el asilo desaparecen. La revocación, en cambio, sucede cuando el Estado receptor observa que el asilo se otorgó por razones indebidas. 2, record 1, Spanish, - cesaci%C3%B3n%20del%20asilo
Record 2 - internal organization data 2019-06-28
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Citizenship and Immigration
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- Convention refugee
1, record 2, English, Convention%20refugee
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A Convention refugee is a person who, by reason of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion, (a) is outside each of their countries of nationality and is unable or, by reason of that fear, unwilling to avail themself of the protection of each of those countries; or (b) not having a country of nationality, is outside the country of their former habitual residence and is unable or, by reason of that fear, unwilling to return to that country. 2, record 2, English, - Convention%20refugee
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Convention refugee: term used by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 3, record 2, English, - Convention%20refugee
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Convention: Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. 3, record 2, English, - Convention%20refugee
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Citoyenneté et immigration
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- réfugié au sens de la Convention
1, record 2, French, r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9%20au%20sens%20de%20la%20Convention
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- réfugiée au sens de la Convention 2, record 2, French, r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9e%20au%20sens%20de%20la%20Convention
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A qualité de réfugié au sens de la Convention — le réfugié — la personne qui, craignant avec raison d’être persécutée du fait de sa race, de sa religion, de sa nationalité, de son appartenance à un groupe social ou de ses opinions politiques : a) soit se trouve hors de tout pays dont elle a la nationalité et ne peut ou, du fait de cette crainte, ne veut se réclamer de la protection de chacun de ces pays; b) soit, si elle n’ a pas de nationalité et se trouve hors du pays dans lequel elle avait sa résidence habituelle, ne peut ni, du fait de cette crainte, ne veut y retourner. 3, record 2, French, - r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9%20au%20sens%20de%20la%20Convention
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
réfugié au sens de la Convention : terme employé par Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada et la Commission de l’immigration et du statut de réfugié du Canada. 4, record 2, French, - r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9%20au%20sens%20de%20la%20Convention
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
réfugié au sens de la Convention; réfugiée au sens de la Convention : désignations tirées du mini-lexique «Réfugiés et droit d’asile» et reproduites avec l’autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l’Université de Saint-Boniface. 4, record 2, French, - r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9%20au%20sens%20de%20la%20Convention
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Convention : Convention relative au statut des réfugiés. 4, record 2, French, - r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9%20au%20sens%20de%20la%20Convention
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Ciudadanía e inmigración
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- refugiado amparado por la Convención
1, record 2, Spanish, refugiado%20amparado%20por%20la%20Convenci%C3%B3n
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
- refugiado bajo Convención 2, record 2, Spanish, refugiado%20bajo%20Convenci%C3%B3n
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Persona reconocida como refugiada por los Estados en virtud del criterio del artículo 1A de la Convención de 1951, que disfruta por ello de diversos derechos. 2, record 2, Spanish, - refugiado%20amparado%20por%20la%20Convenci%C3%B3n
Record 3 - internal organization data 2015-11-03
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- International Public Law
- Citizenship and Immigration
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- refugee
1, record 3, English, refugee
correct, NATO, standardized
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Any person who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable, or owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it. 2, record 3, English, - refugee
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
refugee: term and definition standardized by NATO. 3, record 3, English, - refugee
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Droit international public
- Citoyenneté et immigration
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- réfugié
1, record 3, French, r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun, NATO, standardized, officially approved
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Toute personne qui, craignant avec raison d’être persécutée du fait de sa race, de sa religion, de sa nationalité, de son appartenance à un certain groupe social ou de ses opinions politiques, se trouve hors du pays dont elle a la nationalité et qui ne peut ou, du fait de cette crainte, ne veut se réclamer de la protection de ce pays; ou qui, si elle n’ a pas de nationalité et se trouve hors du pays dans lequel elle avait sa résidence habituelle à la suite de tels événements, ne peut ou, en raison de ladite crainte, ne veut y retourner. 2, record 3, French, - r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
réfugié : terme et définition normalisés par l’OTAN; terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l’Armée de terre. 3, record 3, French, - r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Derecho internacional público
- Ciudadanía e inmigración
Record 3, Main entry term, Spanish
- refugiado
1, record 3, Spanish, refugiado
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 3, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Persona, que debido a un peligro real o potencial, se desplaza por propia voluntad de forma espontánea, violando o no la política de residencia. Puede desplazarse dentro de su propio país (refugiado nacional) o fuera de sus fronteras (refugiado internacional). 2, record 3, Spanish, - refugiado
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Refugiado amparado por instrumentos anteriores, por la Convención, bajo Convención, bajo el mandato del Alto Comisionado, de facto, de hecho, en órbita, estatutario, "in situ", Nansen, prima facie, reasentado, repatriado, sin país de asilo, "sur place". 3, record 3, Spanish, - refugiado
Record 4 - internal organization data 2008-04-09
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Citizenship and Immigration
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- cessation of refugee status
1, record 4, English, cessation%20of%20refugee%20status
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A person ceases to be a Convention refugee when (a) the person voluntarily reavails himself of the protection of the country of the person's nationality; (b) the person voluntarily reacquires his nationality; (c) the person acquires a new nationality and enjoys the protection of the country of that new nationality; (d) the person voluntarily re-establishes himself in the country that the person left, or outside of which the person remained, by reason of fear of persecution; or (e) the reasons for the person's fear of persecution in the country that the person left, or outside of which the person remained, cease to exist. 2, record 4, English, - cessation%20of%20refugee%20status
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
cessation of refugee status: Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 3, record 4, English, - cessation%20of%20refugee%20status
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Citoyenneté et immigration
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- perte du statut de réfugié
1, record 4, French, perte%20du%20statut%20de%20r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- cessation du statut de réfugié 2, record 4, French, cessation%20du%20statut%20de%20r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Une personne perd le statut de réfugié au sens de la Convention dans les cas où : a) elle se réclame de nouveau et volontairement de la protection du pays dont elle a la nationalité; b) elle recouvre volontairement sa nationalité; c) elle acquiert une nouvelle nationalité et jouit de la protection du pays de sa nouvelle nationalité; d) elle retourne volontairement s’établir dans le pays qu'elle a quitté ou hors duquel elle est demeurée de crainte d’être persécutée; e) les raisons qui lui faisaient craindre d’être persécutée dans le pays qu'elle a quitté ou hors duquel elle est demeurée ont cessé d’exister. 3, record 4, French, - perte%20du%20statut%20de%20r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
perte du statut de réfugié : Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada. 4, record 4, French, - perte%20du%20statut%20de%20r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 3 OBS
cessation du statut de réfugié : Terminologie employée par le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés. 5, record 4, French, - perte%20du%20statut%20de%20r%C3%A9fugi%C3%A9
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Ciudadanía e inmigración
Record 4, Main entry term, Spanish
- cesación de la condición de refugiado
1, record 4, Spanish, cesaci%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20condici%C3%B3n%20de%20refugiado
correct, see observation, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 4, Synonyms, Spanish
- cesación del estatuto de refugiado 2, record 4, Spanish, cesaci%C3%B3n%20del%20estatuto%20de%20refugiado
correct, see observation, feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
De la cesación de la condición de refugiado o refugiada. La condición de refugiado o refugiada cesará en los casos siguientes: a. Si se ha acogido de nuevo, voluntariamente, a la protección del país de su nacionalidad; b. Si, habiendo perdido su nacionalidad, la ha recobrado voluntariamente; c. Si ha adquirido una nueva nacionalidad y disfruta de la protección del país de su nueva nacionalidad; d. Si voluntariamente se ha establecido de nuevo en el país que había abandonado o fuera del cual había permanecido por temor de ser perseguido o perseguida; e. Si, por haber desaparecido las circunstancias en virtud de las cuales fue reconocida como refugiado o refugiada, no puede continuar negándose a acogerse a la protección del país de su nacionalidad. 1, record 4, Spanish, - cesaci%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20condici%C3%B3n%20de%20refugiado
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La cesación puede producirse cuando el refugiado renuncia a su condición volviendo al país de origen, acogiéndose a la protección de otro Estado o cuando las razones que justificaban el asilo desaparecen. La revocación, en cambio, sucede cuando el Estado receptor observa que la condición de refugiado se otorgó por razones indebidas. Tanto la cesación como la revocación implican la pérdida de la condición de refugiado. 3, record 4, Spanish, - cesaci%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20condici%C3%B3n%20de%20refugiado
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
cesación del estatuto de refugiado: Terminología utilizada por el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados. 3, record 4, Spanish, - cesaci%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20condici%C3%B3n%20de%20refugiado
Record 5 - internal organization data 2006-01-12
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Citizenship and Immigration
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- habitual residence
1, record 5, English, habitual%20residence
correct, federal act
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A Convention refugee is a person who, by reason of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion, not having a country of nationality, is outside the country of their former habitual residence and is unable or, by reason of that fear, unwilling to return to that country. 2, record 5, English, - habitual%20residence
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
habitual residence: term found in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2001. 3, record 5, English, - habitual%20residence
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Citoyenneté et immigration
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- résidence habituelle
1, record 5, French, r%C3%A9sidence%20habituelle
correct, federal act, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A qualité de réfugié au sens de la Convention, le réfugié, la personne qui, craignant avec raison d’être persécutée du fait de sa race, de sa religion, de sa nationalité, de son appartenance à un groupe social ou de ses opinions politiques : soit, si elle n’ a pas de nationalité et se trouve hors du pays dans lequel elle avait sa résidence habituelle, ne peut ni, du fait de cette crainte, ne veut y retourner. 2, record 5, French, - r%C3%A9sidence%20habituelle
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
résidence habituelle : terme tiré de la Loi sur l’immigration et la protection des réfugiés, 2001. 3, record 5, French, - r%C3%A9sidence%20habituelle
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2005-08-31
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Special-Language Phraseology
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- re-avail oneself of the protection of the country of one's nationality 1, record 6, English, re%2Davail%20oneself%20of%20the%20protection%20of%20the%20country%20of%20one%27s%20nationality
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
This Convention shall cease to apply to any person falling under the terms of section A if: (1) He has voluntarily re-availed himself of the protection of the country of his nationality; (2) Having lost his nationality, he has voluntarily reacquired it; or (3) He has acquired a new nationality, and enjoys the protection of the country of his new nationality; or (4) He has voluntarily re-established himself in the country which he left or outside which he remained owing to fear of persecution; or (5) He can no longer, because the circumstances in connection with which he has been recognized as a refugee have ceased to exist, continue to refuse to avail himself of the protection of the country of his nationality; ... provided that this paragraph shall not apply to a refugee falling under section A (I) of this article who is able to invoke compelling reasons arising out of previous persecution for refusing to avail himself of the protection of the country of nationality. 2, record 6, English, - re%2Davail%20oneself%20of%20the%20protection%20of%20the%20country%20of%20one%27s%20nationality
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. 3, record 6, English, - re%2Davail%20oneself%20of%20the%20protection%20of%20the%20country%20of%20one%27s%20nationality
Record 6, Key term(s)
- reavail oneself of the protection of the country of one's nationality
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Citoyenneté et immigration
- Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- se réclamer à nouveau de la protection du pays dont on a la nationalité 1, record 6, French, se%20r%C3%A9clamer%20%C3%A0%20nouveau%20de%20la%20protection%20du%20pays%20dont%20on%20a%20la%20nationalit%C3%A9
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La compétence du Haut Commissaire cesse, dans les cas ci-après, de s’exercer sur toute personne visée par les dispositions de la section A ci-dessus : a) Si elle s’est volontairement réclamée à nouveau de la protection du pays dont elle a la nationalité; ou b) Si, ayant perdu sa nationalité, elle l'a volontairement recouvrée; ou c) Si elle a acquis une nouvelle nationalité et jouit de la protection du pays dont elle a acquis la nationalité; ou d) Si elle est retournée volontairement s’établir dans le pays qu'elle a quitté ou hors duquel elle est demeurée de crainte d’être persécutée; ou e) Si les circonstances à la suite desquelles elle a été reconnue comme réfugiée ayant cessé d’exister, elle ne peut plus invoquer d’autres motifs que de convenance personnelle pour continuer à refuser de se réclamer de la protection du pays dont elle a la nationalité-des raisons de caractère purement économique ne peuvent être invoquées; ou f) S’ agissant d’une personne qui n’ a pas de nationalité, si les circonstances à la suite des quelles elle a été reconnue comme réfugiée ayant cessé d’exister, elle peut retourner dans le pays où elle avait sa résidence habituelle, et ne peut donc plus invoquer d’autres motifs que de convenance personnelle pour persister dans son refus d’y retourner. 2, record 6, French, - se%20r%C3%A9clamer%20%C3%A0%20nouveau%20de%20la%20protection%20du%20pays%20dont%20on%20a%20la%20nationalit%C3%A9
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Ciudadanía e inmigración
- Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
Record 6, Main entry term, Spanish
- acogerse de nuevo a la protección del país de su nacionalidad 1, record 6, Spanish, acogerse%20de%20nuevo%20a%20la%20protecci%C3%B3n%20del%20pa%C3%ADs%20de%20su%20nacionalidad
Record 6, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 6, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
El Alto Comisionado dejará de tener competencia respecto a cualquier persona comprendida en la precedente sección A si esa persona: a) Se ha acogido de nuevo, voluntariamente, a la protección del país de su nacionalidad; b) Ha recobrado, voluntariamente, la nacionalidad que había perdido; c) Ha adquirido una nueva nacionalidad y goza de la protección del Gobierno del país de su nueva nacionalidad; d) Se ha establecido de nuevo, voluntariamente, en el país que había abandonado o fuera del cual había permanecido por temor de ser perseguida; e) Por haber desaparecido las circunstancias en virtud de las cuales fue reconocida como refugiado, no puede seguir invocando, para continuar negándose a acogerse a la protección del gobierno del país de su nacionalidad, otros motivos que los de conveniencia personal; no podrán invocarse razones de carácter puramente económico; o f) Si se trata de una persona que no tiene nacionalidad y, por haber desaparecido las circunstancias en virtud de las cuales fue reconocida como refugiado, puede regresar al país donde tenía su residencia habitual y no puede seguir invocando, para continuar negándose a regresar a ese país, motivos que no sean de mera conveniencia personal. 2, record 6, Spanish, - acogerse%20de%20nuevo%20a%20la%20protecci%C3%B3n%20del%20pa%C3%ADs%20de%20su%20nacionalidad
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