AzerbaijanHumanitarian protection
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Azerbaijan’s protection mechanism is an asylum application decided by the State Migration Service under international conventions and domestic law.
In Azerbaijan, the government, through the State Migration Service, receives and decides on asylum applications.
A person outside the country of origin who fears persecution or serious harm there may apply for international protection in Azerbaijan.
You can apply for asylum and be registered as an asylum-seeker if:
An asylum application may be made in Azerbaijan or at a port of entry, including an airport, land border crossing or seaport.
Please note that you must be in the territory of Azerbaijan, or at a port of entry (an airport, land border crossing checkpoint, or seaport) in order to apply for asylum in Azerbaijan.
The applicant is interviewed within 15 days of approaching the State Migration Service; original travel and identity documents are presented and family members attend the required appointments.
Within 15 days of your approach to the State Migration Service, you will be interviewed by a government official where an asylum application form will be filled in.
The State Migration Service receives and decides asylum applications, and adopts its decision on refugee status within three months from the date the application is registered. UNHCR also publishes information on the asylum application process in Azerbaijan.
Decision on granting refugee status is adopted by the State Migration Service within three months from the date of registration of application for granting refugee status.
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