The next training on "Referral mechanisms in the asylum system" held at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport

The next training on the "Referral mechanisms in the asylum system" has been jointly organized by the State Migration Service and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport.

Aydan Seyidova, Chief of the Refugee Status Determination Department of the State Migration Service, gave detailed information about the procedures of receiving applications for asylum at the border for border guards and other representatives of relevant law enforcement agencies. She mentioned that the main purpose of the event is to further develop the skills, knowledge and experience of public servants who are related to asylum issues in one way or another.

Octavian Mohorea, Head of the Legal Department of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), highlighted the work done in the field of improving the quality of asylum systems in Azerbaijan over the past years, the perspectives of cooperation with the SMS in this direction, and talked about the activities of the UNHCR.

Then, the employees of the SMS and the UNHCR Representation in Azerbaijan made presentations and gave detailed information on the asylum procedure, including the issues of referring asylum seekers to the SMS if they applied at the border.

In the end, the questions of the participants were answered.