Unauthorised arrival
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An unauthorized arrival is a person who has arrived in a country when they are not a citizen of that country, do not have a visa to enter that country, and have no possibility of entering by legal means.
A person is described as an unauthorised arrival when they have crossed a national border with the intention of applying for refugee status, making them asylum seekers. If a person enters a country without authorisation intending to live and work in that country, then they are 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.
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