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| Title | Germany: Information since 1991 on foreign passports that are detained by the authorities upon a claim for refugee status: on whether the passports are sent to government departments other than the Refugee/Immigration department; on whether foreign passports are returned on request if the refugee claimants leave Germany; on whether foreign passports are sent to the issuing state; on the procedure for departing claimants to obtain their foreign passports from the German authorities and the normal length of time for this procedure; on whether all identity documents are detained by the authorities when people make refugee claims; on the procedure for departing refugee claimants to obtain other identity documents that were held by the authorities; and on whether receipts are issued for confiscated documents |
| Publisher | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Country | Germany |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | DEU21526.E |
| Cite as | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Germany: Information since 1991 on foreign passports that are detained by the authorities upon a claim for refugee status: on whether the passports are sent to government departments other than the Refugee/Immigration department; on whether foreign passports are returned on request if the refugee claimants leave Germany; on whether foreign passports are sent to the issuing state; on the procedure for departing claimants to obtain their foreign passports from the German authorities and the normal length of time for this procedure; on whether all identity documents are detained by the authorities when people make refugee claims; on the procedure for departing refugee claimants to obtain other identity documents that were held by the authorities; and on whether receipts are issued for confiscated documents, 1 August 1995, DEU21526.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6ad077c.html [accessed 3 June 2012] |
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Germany: Information since 1991 on foreign passports that are detained by the authorities upon a claim for refugee status: on whether the passports are sent to government departments other than the Refugee/Immigration department; on whether foreign passports are returned on request if the refugee claimants leave Germany; on whether foreign passports are sent to the issuing state; on the procedure for departing claimants to obtain their foreign passports from the German authorities and the normal length of time for this procedure; on whether all identity documents are detained by the authorities when people make refugee claims; on the procedure for departing refugee claimants to obtain other identity documents that were held by the authorities; and on whether receipts are issued for confiscated documents
Information on the above-mentioned subjects could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
Oral sources.
Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.
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