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   Recognition of refugee status: decision of the CGRS or the Council for alien law litigation that grants the asylum seeker refugee status.

   Refugee travel document: the only document that allows refugees to travel abroad. This document is also called ‘blue passport’.

    Refugee: asylum seeker who has been granted refugee status, and therefore protection, by a country. Refugees must comply with the conditions of the Geneva Convention; they must have a well-founded fear of persecution owing to one of the criteria stated in the Geneva Convention: race, nationality, religion, political opinions or membership of a particular social group.

   Refusal of recognition of refugee status and refusal to grant subsidiary protection status: decision of the CGRS or the Council for alien law litigation, which at the same time refuses both refugee status and subsidiary protection status.

   Refusal to consider: decision which is taken by the CGRS within 5 working days in relation to an application for asylum from a national of the European Union, when it is not clear from his/her statements that there is a well-founded fear of persecution or a real risk of serious harm.

    Registration: moment of the procedure when the Immigration Department records the application for asylum in writing. At this moment the language of the procedure and the chosen place of residence are determined as well.

    Regularisation: procedure to apply for the right of residence for more than three months. Regularisation is a competence of the Immigration Department.

   Request for appeal: document drawn up by the asylum seeker and/or his/her lawyer in order to lodge an appeal with the Council for alien law litigation against a decision from the CGRS; the request for appeal must contain a presentation of the facts and the means of proof to support those facts, i.e. the reasons why the asylum seeker does not agree with the decision.

   Resettlement (UNHCR term): selection and transfer of refugees from a country where they have sought protection to a third country which has previously agreed to grant them a right of permanent residence. It is a measure intended to offer a solution to those who cannot return to their countries of origin and cannot obtain sufficient protection or have no local integration prospects in the first host country either.

  Review (a decision): replace a decision with a new decision. In the case of the Belgian asylum procedure this applies to a decision taken by the Council for alien law litigation in reference to a decision of the CGRS when the Council for alien law litigation does not agree with this decision. In other words, the Council for alien law litigation can recognise the refugee status, grant subsidiary protection status or refuse both statuses when the CGRS has refused refugee status and granted subsidiary protection status.