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Overview
. Lack of protection and increased vulnerability
2.Refusal to grant asylum to citizens of the CIS countries and China and the role of UNHCR
. Abduction, deportation, extradition and intimidation
. Asylum seekers and refugees from Uzbekistan - a group at particular risk
. Migration Policy in Kazakhstan
Conclusion
Overview
Currently there are more than 40 million people, which are forced to leave their homes: from armed conflict, natural disasters, fleeing ethnic persecution and famine. All of them are de facto refugees with their problems, their plans and hopes for us. It would be wrong to talk about the refugees in the world, without mentioning the refugees who are in the territory of the Central Asian republics, including Kazakhstan.asylum seekers in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan come from neighbouring countries, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Russia (mostly Chechens ) and China (Uighurs). Asylum requests and a small number of persons of African and Asian countries (Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, North Korea, etc.). For the majority of asylum seekers arriving in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, the choice of destination - it is a question of reach. Many enter the country without documents, without going through border control, either because they do not have passports, or fear of being arrested by border guards.Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan ratified the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951 («Refugee Convention ») and the 1967 Protocol, as well as other international instruments in the field of human rights, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention against Torture, which establish a legal framework to protect the rights of refugees and asylum seekers . Nevertheless, the legislation of both countries violates international conventions, and political and economic considerations, as well as security considerations prevail over the obligations with respect to human.a meeting with the FIDH mission authorities of both countries relied on regional agreements, the desire to maintain bilateral relations with neighbouring countries, security concerns and the fight against terrorism to justify actions that violate the rights of asylum seekers and refugees. In Kyrgyzstan, in particular, the decision-making process is also affected by the fear of economic sanctions. In both countries, asylum seekers from Uzbekistan, Russia (Chechens) and China (Uighurs from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region) are not granted refugee status by the state. The only opportunity for these individuals - contact the office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and if their application is approved, the hope for resettlement in a third country.
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. Lack of protection and vulnerability
Despite the fact that Kazakhstan is a party to the Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of refugees from 1999, October 2009 legislation on refugee status and protection in Kazakhstan does not exist. Although, according to the Constitution, ratified by Kazakhstan international conventions form part of national law and have an advantage in situations contrary to the provisions in practice in the courts of the Refuge...
