According to the Geneva Convention of 1951, every person who for some reason is persecuted in his homeland has the right to apply for political or territorial asylum, regardless of place of residence or nationality. Therefore, if you are being persecuted or if you think that you may face such persecution in the future, you should ask for protection from any European country. Each country of the European Union has its own procedure for obtaining political asylum.
You will need
Evidence that you cannot return to your home country because your life or freedom is threatened by race, religion or nationality, as well as political views.
Instruction manual
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Get to the country of the European Union for which you want to apply for asylum.
2
Seek refuge immediately upon arrival in the country. Contact the border guards or the appropriate interagency services. So, in France you have to apply to the prefecture, in the USA - to the Immigration Service, in Switzerland - to the Federal Refugee Council, in the UK - to the National Refugee Support Service, in Spain - to the Asylum and Protection Office, in Germany - to Federal Office for Granting Refugee Status to Foreigners, etc.
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Submit a formal application - an asylum application.
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Provide the documents available to you that prove the eligibility of your petition. This can be legal documents, medical certificates, newspaper articles, a wanted message, etc. You must translate these documents into the language of the country from which you are seeking asylum.
5
Have an interview with an immigration representative. It is very important to talk about your life and the persecution you have been subjected to.
6
Wait for the decision of the immigration commission in your case.
7
If you are given political asylum and you receive refugee status, then you are issued a residence permit in this country for 10 years.
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If you are denied political asylum, then you must urgently appeal. The appeal must be written in the language of the country from which you are seeking political asylum and signed by you personally.
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You must remain in the country where you applied until a decision is made. Otherwise, your application will be invalid.
Keep in mind that they will take fingerprints and take photographs in order to identify your personality and enter it into a common database accessible to all EU countries.
Useful advice
A visa to enter any European country as a refugee is not needed. A visa is only required if you are traveling by plane.
If you have been threatened, you need to tell in detail about everything that confirms the state origin of these threats. You should also indicate whether you have contacted the authorities of your country for protection, and what the result was.
You will need to explain why you are seeking asylum, as well as how you came to the country and why you chose this country and not another.
You must be consistent in the chronology of the description of events, beware of contradictions in dates and events.
