medborger_i_danmark_engelsk.pdf - Ny i Danmark

24ENTRY AND RESIDENCEthe basis of an agreement betweenDenmark and the UN High Commissionerfor Refugees (UNHCR). In addition to theRefugee Convention, Denmark hasacceded to other international conventions,such as the European Convention onHuman Rights and the UN Convention onTorture, which obliges Denmark to protectforeign nationals from being returned totheir home countries if they risk execution,torture and inhuman or degradingpunishment.If the asylum claim is denied, the decisionis automatically appealed to the RefugeeBoard (Flygtningenævnet). The RefugeeBoard may either uphold the decisionmade by the Danish Immigration Serviceor overrule it by granting asylum.If asylum is refusedAsylum seekersIf asylum is grantedAn asylum seeker is a foreign nationalapplying for a residence permit as arefugee in another country. When anapplication for asylum has been submittedin Denmark, the Danish ImmigrationService* decides whether the asylumclaim is to be handled in Denmark or inanother EU member state, or whether theapplication should be referred to a safethird country outside the EU.If the Danish Immigration Service findsthat the asylum seeker satisfies theconditions for asylum, a permission to stayin Denmark as a refugee is granted. TheDanish Immigration Service will thendecide in which municipality the refugeeis to be accommodated.