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Marine Le Pen spoke at the beginning of March and affirmed that Ukrainian refugees benefit from a special status of “war refugee”. But is she telling the truth? Legally, this term has no value.
On the reception of Ukrainian refugees, Marine Le Pen gave her opinion at the beginning of March. “It is only natural that we show solidarity with the people of Ukraine and these war refugees,” she said. According to the candidate, refugees depend on the Geneva Convention, dating from 1951. But for her, this status does not apply to other refugees, such as for women afghan women who fled their country after the Taliban took power.
Marine The pen saystrue? In France, it isOfpra responsible for examining asylum applications. They judge according to the persecutions, whether or not people can obtain refugee status and give a residence permit valid for ten years. In reality, the term of “war refugee” has no value legal because it is not mentioned anywhere in the Geneva Convention. However, Ukrainian refugees have enjoyed temporary status since the start of the war. The other refugees have never had access to it. Finally, if the Ukrainians were able to benefit from this special status, it would have could also be set up for asylum seekers other nationalities.