Transferring refugee status to the UK

Question

We have a 5-year refugee resident permit in Italy. And now We have been granted as a resident permit in Uk with a working visa.

We are in the UK with our travel document but we are not living in Italy anymore. What will happen when our travel document expired. Or any other way to transfer refugee status from Italy to the UK?

Answer 1

Hello,

as far as I understand the Geneva Refugee Convention, each country which signed it, must issue documents for you if you have you residence there, especially if you have no possibility to make is elsewhere. See the Text der Convention:

Article 27 - Identity papers

The Contracting States shall issue identity papers to any refugee in their territory who does not possess a valid travel document.

Article 28 - Travel documents

1. The Contracting States shall issue to refugees lawfully staying in their territory travel documents for the purpose of travel outside their territory, unless compelling reasons of national security or public order otherwise require, and the provisions of the Schedule to this Convention shall apply with respect to such documents. The Contracting States may issue such a travel document to any other refugee in their territory; they shall in particular give sympathetic consideration to the issue of such a travel document to refugees in their territory who are unable to obtain a travel document from the country of their lawful residence.

2. Travel documents issued to refugees under previous international agreements by Parties thereto shall be recognized and treated by the Contracting States in the same way as if they had been issued pursuant to this article.

I would anyway recommend that you find a councelling center in the UK in your area, which hat expertise in migration and refugee topics. It is very important to have help and sufficient and reliable information sources in the country and in the place where you live.

Comments

Thank you very much,
this answer has opened a new door for me. if i can get a Uk travel document, I don't need to transfer my refugee status anymore.

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I hope so. As I said before, try to find good consultants in your place. You can also contact UNHCR in UK if you have any problems with your refugee status.