Chapter IX.

Cessation of Refugee Status

Article 34. Withdrawal of Refugee Status

Refugee status shall be withdrawn from the alien who:

a) has voluntarily re-acquired the lost nationality or has acquired a new nationality and enjoys the protection of the country of his new nationality;

b) has voluntarily re-availed himself of the protection of his/her country of origin;

c) can avail himself of the protection of the country of his/her nationality, because the reasons for which he was granted refugee status have ceased to exist;

d) has no nationality and can return to the country of his/her legal and habitual residence, because the reasons for which he was granted refugee status have ceased to exist;

e) has been granted the citizenship of the Republic of Moldova;
f) has taken up his/her lawful and habitual residence in the country he previously left, owing to well-founded fear stipulated in art. 21 of this law.

Article 35. Cancellation of Refugee Status

The alien's refugee status shall be cancelled if:

a) the status was granted on basis of the applicant's false statements or on the data obtained by the applicant in a fraudulent way;

b) after being granted refugee status, the alien committed one of the acts stipulated in art. 22, or it has been discovered that he had committed such an act before the final decision whereby he was granted refugee status.

Article 36. Consequences of Cessation of Refugee Status

(1) Withdrawal or cancellation of refugee status shall have no legal effect on members of the family of the person in relation to whom such actions were taken if there is well-founded fear stipulated in para. (1) of art. 21.

(2) The alien whose refugee status was either cancelled or withdrawn shall be treated in accordance with the legal provisions regarding the legal status of aliens and stateless persons in the Republic of Moldova.

(3) The alien in whose respect the measures stipulated in art. 35 and this article have been applied, shall not be returned to the country where his/her life, physical integrity or fundamental rights could be endangered.

(4) Exception to provisions of para. (3) shall be made for the alien whose refugee status was cancelled and who by his actions endangers national security or public order in the Republic of Moldova.

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