Date of publication:

09/22/2026

Burkina Faso

Do domestic laws and policies provide for the exclusion from refugee status of persons who are not in need of international protection?

ANALYSIS

Assessment by population

Refugees
Asylum-seekers
Analysis

Burkina Faso’s Law No. 042-2008/AN of 23 October 2008 does not contain a provision on the exclusion from refugee status of persons who are not in need of international protection.