UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Afghanistan

Document source:

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date:
30 August 2018

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Title

UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Afghanistan

Document source

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Date

30 August 2018

Document type

Country/Situation Specific Policy & Guidance

Collection

Policy & Guidance

Country

Afghanistan

Keywords

Blood feuds

Child labour

Child prostitution

Children-at-risk

Exclusion clauses

Gender-based persecution

Harmful traditional practices

Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA)

Persecution of family members

Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity

Religious persecution (including forced conversion)

Return conditions

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)

Sharia law

Social group persecution

Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking

Voluntary repatriation

Women-at-risk

Protected persons

Internally displaced persons (IDPs)

Population groups

Hazara

Religious groups

Hindu

Shia

Sikh

Protection manual category

Eligibility guidelines

Comments:

The Guidelines have been superseded and replaced by the February 2022 UNHCR Guidance Note on the International Protection Needs of People Fleeing Afghanistan.

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