SIERRA LEONNE 1 SUDAN 1 SYRIA 6 UKRAINE 1 TOTAL 720 111. In cases where a person is not recognised as a refugee, the national documentation department is more often used to regularise the situation of the interested party (obtaining a visitor’s identity card etc.). 112. No refugee or asylum seeker may be the subject of refoulement that may compel him to return to his country of origin or to remain on a territory where his life, physical integrity or freedoms would be under threat. Togo shall not apply criminal sanctions against a refugee or asylum seeker who arrives directly from the country where his life and freedom were under threat, for reasons of irregular entry or stay; and who now finds himself in Togolese territory without authorisation for ninety days (Articles 20 and 21 of the Law). c) The status of a foreigner desiriung to elect domicile in Togo. 113. The Togolese constitution lays down in Article 22 (3) that: “Any foreigner, in regular situation, on the Togolese territory and who abides by the laws in force has the freedom to move and to choose their residence and the right to leave the country freely” 114. According to Article 23 of the same enactment, a foreigner may only be deported or extradited from the Togolese territory by virtue of a decision consistent with the law. They must have the opportunity to present their defence before the competent judicial authority. 115. Article 208 of the new Criminal Code prohibits expulsion, refoulement or the extradition of any person if there is an established risk that the latter may be a victim of torture in case he is returned to a third country. 38

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