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Refugee Identity Card after Recognition

CameroonHumanitarian protection

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

This route is a refugee identity card issued after a person benefits from asylum; it is separate from the decision that recognises refugee status.

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  • The captured identity-card decree does not set the asylum-recognition grounds or decision procedure.

Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?

The card is for a foreign national who benefits from the right of asylum in Cameroon. The decree does not set the underlying refugee eligibility criteria.

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  • No complete asylum eligibility test was captured.

Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

The DGSN issues the card. Initial issuance requires a card issued by UNHCR and a refugee certificate issued by the Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs; the decree says the card follows a special procedure set by other texts.

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Limits of the record
  • The cited decree does not identify the office or steps for obtaining the asylum decision itself.

What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

After physical enrolment for the refugee card, the applicant receives a provisional identity document; the decree says holding it constitutes a presumption of identity. This is a card-application measure, not a statement of rights while an asylum claim is pending.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured text does not establish movement, work, housing, or other rights during asylum adjudication.

Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

The DGSN issues the card. An identity document is collected at the identification post that enrolled the applicant, against return of the provisional identity document, and must be collected within twelve months of the collection notice. Loss, damage or theft of an identity document must be reported by its holder to the National Security Services.

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Limits of the record
  • The decree states this for identity documents in general; it names no refugee-specific help desk.
  • The captured decree names no asylum-assistance channel and no fraud warning; the only UN body it mentions is the UNHCR, as the issuer of a card required to establish the refugee card.
  • chars 38997-39550
    ARTICLE 45- (1 )Le retrait des titres identitaires est effectué au poste d'identification ayant enrôlé le demandeur, contre restitution du titre d'identité provisoire. (2) Les titres identitaires sont retirés dans un délai de douze (12) mois .p à compter de la notification de retrait. rc ARTICLE 46.- La perte, la détérioration ou le vol d'un titre identitaire, doit être signalé par son titulaire aux Services de la Sûreté Nationale.
  • Decree 2025/059, Article 5(1), PDF p. 2
    sont délivrées par le Délégué Général à la Sûreté Nationale.
  • Decree 2025/059, Article 41(1), PDF p. 15
    une carte délivrée par le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies ;
  • Decree 2025/059, Article 41(1), PDF p. 15
    une attestation de réfugié délivrée par le Ministre chargé des affaires
  • Decree 2025/059, Article 39, PDF p. 14
    procédure dérogatoire fixée par des textes particuliers.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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