Last Change:
05/14/2025
Refugees Proclamation No.1110/2019
Year: 2019
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Asylum, Freedom of movement, Liberty & security of person, Nationality & facilitated naturalization, Social protection, Family life, Documentation
Description
The Previous Refugee Proclamation, Proc. No. 409/2004 was repealed by the current Refugee Proclamation, Proc. No. 1110/2019 in Feb. 2019. The law was enacted with a view to have a legal framework that is in line with international standards and provides better protection to refugees and promotes sustainable solutions. The Refugee Proclamation recognizes a wide range of rights of refugees and asylum seekers including, inter alia, the right to work, access to documentation, freedom of movement, acquisition and transfer of property, local integration as well as access to education, health, justice and other socio-economic services.
Selected provisions
The Agency may, upon their request, as it is necessary facilitate local integration of recognized individual refugee or groups of refugees who have lived in Ethiopia for a protracted period.
Every recognized refugee or asylum-seeker who fulfills the necessary requirements provided in the relevant provisions of the Ethiopian Nationality Law relating to naturalization may apply to acquire Ethiopian Nationality by law.
The Government of Ethiopia shall co-operate with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the exercise of its functions in accordance with Article 35 of the Refugee Convention.
Any person implementing this Proclamation, and Regulations and Directives issued in accordance with this Proclamation shall have the obligation to safeguard the confidentiality of any information he obtains, in the course of his work related to asylum-seekers or recognized refugees, in particular he shall not collect information from or disclose information to the authorities of the country of origin of the recognized refugee or asylum-seeker or any alleged actors of persecution.