Central African Republic

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.

Sources:

• ILO (2018): NATLEX. Législation nationale de la République centrafricaine - Travailleurs migrants. http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.listResults?p_lang=fr&p_country=CAF&p_count=88&p_classification=17&p_classcount=5
• Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (2017): Central African Republic Migration Profile 2017. www.merit.unu.edu%2Fpublications%2Fuploads%2F1518183851.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1g6RqIBocDGoNLFOrFXybi (accessed 2 November 2018).
• Nabeza Dimbele, Alain Victoire (2015): Présentation de la République centrafricaine à la Réunion thématique sur l’asile et la protection internationale dans la région du Processus de Rabat. https://www.rabat-process.org/images/RabatProcess/Documents/presentation-republique-centrafricaine-politique-migration-reunion-thematique-rabat-2015-asile-protection-processus-rabat.pdf
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM 

Last updated: November 2018