In the EU context, a third-country national or stateless person who, on a resettlement request from UNHCR based on their need for international protection, are transferred from a third country to a Member State where they are permitted to reside with a refugee status or a status offering the same rights and benefits under national and Union law.
Related concepts
- Application for international protection
- Asylum
- Asylum applicant
- Asylum recognition rate
- Dublin statistics
- Refugee
- Repeated applicant