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Refugee status is revoked where:
(a) the person who has been granted refugee status has made false statements, failed to provide certain data or used false documents that were decisive for granting refugee status, and there are no other grounds for maintaining the status of refugee; or
(b) after granting the refugee status it was discovered that the person should have been excluded from being a refugee.[1]
Subsidiary protection is revoked under the same grounds as the refugee status,[2] the only difference being the grounds of exclusion. The withdrawal procedure is the same as the Cessation procedure. In 2022, IGI-DAI issued 6 decisions of withdrawal of protection status (Syria, Afghanistan).[3] In 2023, IGI-DAI issued 2 withdrawals of protection status (1 person coming from Syria, 1 person coming from Afghanistan).[4] In 2024, IGI-DAI issued 9 withdrawals of protection status, including 3 decisions revoking refugee status (2 for Iraqi nationals and 1 for a person from the Palestinian Authority in Palestine) and 6 decisions revoking subsidiary protection (1 for a stateless person, 3 for a person coming from the Palestinian Authority in Palestine, and 2 for Syrian nationals).[5]
[1] Article 100 Asylum Act.
[2] ibid. Article 101.
[3] Information provided by IGI-DAI, 22 February 2023.
[4] ibid. 18 January 2024.
[5] ibid. 23 January 2025.