{"id":185,"date":"2021-09-21T13:19:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T13:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/caribbean\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2024-02-20T10:49:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T10:49:59","slug":"rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/caribbean\/rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights and Obligations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>What are some of the rights asylum seekers and refugees have?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access to territory of the country of asylum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protection from forced return to their country of origin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to submit a claim for asylum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An asylum-seeker\/refugee identification document<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To be interviewed in a language that is known to them<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confidentiality and data protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Non-discrimination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A procedure that is free of charge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>What are some of the responsibilities asylum seekers and refugees have?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abide by national laws at all times<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Respect local culture and customs&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide accurate and truthful statements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide documentary evidence when possible<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inform UNHCR\/Government of any changes in their claim, family status, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inform UNHCR of any change in contact information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fdf799\"><strong>Additional rights and responsibilities may apply in individual countries and territories based on their national laws and asylum and refugee systems. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In addition, please see these country-specific resources:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Bahamas:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.immigration.gov.bs\/refugees-and-asylum-seekers\/refugee-and-asylum-seekers-information\/\" target=\"_blank\">Refugees and Asylum Seekers Information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jamaica: <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.refworld.org\/pdfid\/500000def.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2009 Refugee Policy<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Montserrat:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.ms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Immigration-Act.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Immigration Act and Subsidiary Legislation (2019 Revision)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Turks and Caicos Islands:<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.refworld.org\/pdfid\/63f490704.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Immigration Ordinance<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are some of the rights asylum seekers and refugees have? What are some of the responsibilities asylum seekers and refugees have? Additional rights and responsibilities may apply in individual countries and territories based on their national laws and asylum and refugee systems. In addition, please see these country-specific resources:&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-185","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}