MINSK, 21 January (BelTA) – The Belarusian Internal Affairs Ministry has issued a statement to clarify news about the distributed registration of refugee quotas in 2020, BelTA has learned.
The Internal Affairs Ministry resolution on the distributed registration of refugee quotas came into force as of 14 January.
The ministry explained that the resolution only distributes refugee application registration work between various citizenship and migration offices of the Minsk City Police Department and the oblast police departments.
The citizenship and migration offices will not stop taking refugee applications even if the quotas are met.
BelTA reported earlier that the resolution specifies where applications for refugee status, additional protection, or shelter can be filed in Belarus. A total of 700 applications will be accepted this year. Applications from 120 people will be registered in Brest Oblast, 150 in Vitebsk Oblast, 150 in Gomel Oblast, 90 in Grodno Oblast, 110 in Minsk Oblast, and 80 in Mogilev Oblast. The total quota has been reduced by 200 people down from 900 in 2019.
