International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, Update V

Document source:

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date:
3 November 2017

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Title

International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, Update V

Document source

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Date

3 November 2017

Document type

Country/Situation Specific Policy & Guidance

Collection

Policy & Guidance

Legal instruments

1951 Refugee Convention

Country

Syrian Arab Republic (the)

Keywords

Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements

Burden-sharing and international co-operation

Exclusion clauses

Gender-based persecution

Internal armed conflict

International armed conflict

Persecution based on political opinion

Protection of civilian persons in time of war

Racial / Ethnic persecution

Security forces

Security situation

Social group persecution

Transgression of social / cultural norms

Protected persons

Asylum-seekers

Internally displaced persons (IDPs)

Refugees

Population groups

Palestinian

Protection manual category

Protection considerations, non-return advisories and other country-specific guidance

Comments:

This paper has been superseded and replaced by UNHCR's March 2021 International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, Update VI. This paper had previously superseded and replaced UNHCR's November 2015 International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, Update IV.

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