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Withdrawal (termination) of international protection is applied in the following cases:[1]
- death of the beneficiary of international protection;
- acquisition of citizenship of a Member State of the EU;
- written statement of the beneficiary about withdrawal of international protection;
- expiry of subsidiary protection; or
- international sanctions applicable to the beneficiary.
If reasons for withdrawal occur, no administrative procedure is conducted. International protection terminates automatically by operation of law, and no decision is issued. Thus there is no interview and no appeal.
If the beneficiary decides to withdraw their protection status, they only have to submit a written statement about the withdrawal to the MoI, and their protection status will terminate at the moment of delivery of the statement.
According to the information provided by the MoI, there were 22 cases of withdrawal of refugee status in 2025 based on a written statement of the beneficiary (8 cases from Syria and less than 5 cases from each Azerbaijan, Belarus, Iraq, Cameroon, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan).
[1] Section 18 of the Asylum Act.