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Asylum Claim and Refugee Status Determination

FijiHumanitarian protection

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

Regulation 27 of Fiji's Immigration Regulations 2007 sets the criteria for granting a provisional protection permit.

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  • The capture is an indexed excerpt of regulation 27 only (last updated 1 August 2022); the full refugee-status determination procedure under the Immigration Act is not captured.

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

Regulation 27 describes a non-citizen who has signified an intention to seek protection or recognition as a refugee in Fiji. It does not establish the full refugee-recognition criteria, and the permit is discretionary.

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  • The excerpt does not set out substantive refugee eligibility criteria or current procedural guidance; the indexed text is marked last updated 1 August 2022 and the direct origin URL returned HTTP 404. Independent review is pending.

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

The official regulation says the person signifies that intention to an immigration officer. It does not identify the place, whether the request is made at a border or after entry, or any referral route.

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  • Regulation 27 identifies an immigration officer as recipient but does not specify location, border/in-country channel, referral, form or next procedural step. The direct origin URL returned HTTP 404 and the indexed text is marked last updated 1 August 2022; independent review is pending.

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

Once a non-citizen has signified to an immigration officer, pursuant to Part 6 of the Act, the intention to seek protection or recognition as a refugee in Fiji, the Permanent Secretary may grant a provisional protection permit. The official source does not state registration, family handling or support arrangements during the process.

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  • Registration, family handling, support and rights during the process are not stated in the captured text (Immigration Act Part 6 was not captured).
  • https://www.laws.gov.fj/Acts/DisplayAct/3170
    The Permanent Secretary may grant a non-citizen a provisional protection permit if, pursuant to Part 6 of the Act, the non-citizen has signified to an immigration officer his or her intention to seek to be protected or recognised as a refugee in Fiji.

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

The regulation directs the person to signify the protection or refugee-recognition intention to an immigration officer and says the Permanent Secretary may grant the provisional protection permit. The official source gives no current contact details or assistance channel.

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Limits of the record
  • No current Immigration Department contact, UNHCR contact or referral details were established from the captured route-specific source. The indexed regulation text is marked last updated 1 August 2022 and the direct origin URL returned HTTP 404; independent review is pending.

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

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