Central African Republic

Population: 4 594 621
NFP: Ministry of Economy, Planning and International Cooperation
Involvement: Since 2006

The main policy instruments on migration

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents on migration:

  • 1962/1967: Ratification of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
  • 1964: law n°64/13 of 6 May 1964, setting the conditions for the admission of foreign travellers to the Central African Republic.
  • 1970: Ratification of the 1969 AU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa.
  • 2006: Ratification of the Trafficking in Persons Protocol and the 2000 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants.
  • 2007: National Refugee Policy and its Decree No. 09/001 of 6 January 2009 on the organization and functioning of the bodies implementing the national refugee policy, 6 January 2009.
  • 2010: Act No. 10/001 on the Central African Penal Code (articles 151 and 262 criminalize trafficking in human beings).

 

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs:

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Central Africans Abroad: it is in charge of relations with the Central African Diaspora.
  • Minister of the Interior, Public Security and Territorial Administration: it is in charge of emigration/immigration and the control of foreigners.
  • Ministry of Economy, Planning and Cooperation: focal point on migration.
  • Ministry of Justice, Human Rights, Keeper of the Seals: it is in charge of the problems of trafficking in human beings.

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Last updated: November 2018