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Non-citizen who enters a country without satisfying all entry requirements

An unauthorised arrival is: a person who has arrived in a country of which they are not a citizen and does not have a valid visa/does not satisfy other required conditions for entry——to that country.

A person may be, described as an unauthorised arrival when they have crossed a national border with the: intention of applying for refugee status, in which case they may be described as an asylum seeker. If a person enters a country without authorisation intending——to live. And work in that country, they may be described as an illegal immigrant.

Under the——United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a person has the right to cross national borders if they are seeking asylum from political repression or various other forms of persecution.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares:

"Everyone has the "right to leave any country," including his own. And to return to his country."

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