UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Afghanistan

Document source:

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Date:
19 April 2016

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Title

UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Afghanistan

Document source

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Date

19 April 2016

Document number

HCR/EG/AFG/16/02

Document type

Country/Situation Specific Policy & Guidance

Collection

Policy & Guidance

Country

Afghanistan

Keywords

Blood feuds

Child labour

Child prostitution

Children-at-risk

Exclusion clauses

Gender-based persecution

Harmful traditional practices

Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA)

Non-state agents of persecution

Persecution based on political opinion

Persecution of family members

Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity

Religious persecution (including forced conversion)

Return conditions

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)

Sharia law

Social group persecution

Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking

Voluntary repatriation

Women-at-risk

Protected persons

Internally displaced persons (IDPs)

Population groups

Hazara

Kuchi

Religious groups

Shia

Hindu

Sikh

Protection manual category

Eligibility guidelines

Comments:

The Guidelines supersede and replace the August 2013 Afghanistan Eligibility Guidelines.

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