Refugees Act, 2021 🇰🇪

Kenya

Preface

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and commencement

2. Interpretation

3. Meaning of "refugee"

4. Exclusion and disqualification from refugee status

5. Cessation of refugee status

Part II – ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6. Administrative institutions

7. Department of Refugee Services

8. Commissioner for Refugee Affairs

9. The Refugee Advisory Committee

10. Functions of the Committee

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Part III – APPLICATION FOR REFUGEE STATUS

12. Application for refugee status

13. Establishment of the Refugee Status Eligibility Panel

14. Appeals

15. Institution of proceedings for unlawful presence in Kenya

16. Medical Screening

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Part IV – RECEPTION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS

24. Entry into Kenya by refugees

25. Designation of refugee reception officers

26. Duty of Reception officers

27. Security Screening

Part V – RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN KENYA

28. Rights of and obligations of Refugees

29. Non-Refoulement

Part VI – CONTROL OF DESIGNATED AREAS

30. Designated areas

31. Requirement to reside in a designated area

32. Control of Designated Areas

33. Restriction of Persons Entering a Designated Area

Part VII – INTEGRATION, REPATRIATION AND RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES

34. Integration of refugees into communities

35. Consideration of refugee matters in development plans

36. Affirmative action for women, children and persons with disabilities

37. Voluntary repatriation

38. Resettlement of refugees residing in Kenya

Part VIII – MISCELLANOUS PROVISIONS

39. Register for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

40. Confidentiality

41. Offences and penalties

42. Repeal of No. 13 of 2006

43. Transitional provisions

Part IX – PROVISIONS ON DELEGATED POWERS

44. Regulations

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Refugees Act, 2021

Act 10 of 2021

Assented to on 17 November 2021
Commenced on 21 February 2022
[This is the version of this document from 21 February 2022.]

AN ACT of Parliament to provide for the recognition, protection and management of refugees; to give effect to the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and for connected purposes.

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and commencement

This Act shall be cited as the Refugees Act, 2021 and shall come into operation upon the expiry of ninety days from the date of publication.

2. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"Appeal Committee" means the Refugee Status Appeals Committee established under section 11 of this Act;"asylum" means the protection granted to a person in Kenya who is outside his or her country of nationality or habitu…

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REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Refugees Act, 2021

Act 10 of 2021

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and commencement

2. Interpretation

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