Zatu No. AN V 28 FP-PRES setting forth the Refugees Regulations, 3 August 1988.
This legislation provides that a National Refugees Commission is to make all decisions relating to granting of refugee status and the loss of such status.  A representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees is to be present as a consultant at all meetings in which such decisions are made.  These decisions can be revised in cases in which new information appears.  Persons receiving refugee status can be expelled from Burkina Faso only for reasons of national security, if they engage in activities that threaten public order, or if they are sentenced to loss of liberty for a crime or offense of a certain level of seriousness.  Except for overriding reasons of national security, they may not be expelled before being allowed to present their defense to the National Commission, which must give its opinion.  Nor may they be expelled until a reasonable period has passed in which they are permitted to look for another country that will admit them.  Refugees seeking employment are to be treated in the same manner as foreigners from the country that has concluded with Burkina Faso an agreement that is the most favorable with respect to the desired activity.  They are to receive the same treatment as nationals with respect to access to education and the amount of enrollment fees.
D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000352:Africa, Northern; D000354:Africa, Western; D001519:Behavior; D002050:Burkina Faso; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004493:Education; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012036:Refugees; D014171:Transients and Migrants
Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Behavior; Burkina Faso; Decision Making--legal aspects; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Education--legal aspects; French Speaking Africa; Human Resources; Labor Force--legal aspects; Legislation; Migrants; Migration; Population; Population Dynamics; Refugees--legal aspects; Western Africa