Convention relating to the status of refugees in the United States

Date:28.7.1951
Place of Signature:Geneva
Current Depositary:UN
United Kingdom’s Position:Party
Application to UK:By Ratification: 11.3.1954
Text:TS 39/1954; Cmd. 9171

Territorial Provision: Article 40

Extension to Overseas Territories        Method of Extension
ANGUILLA
BERMUDA
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
CAYMAN ISLANDS By Extension via Jamaica: 25.10.1956
GIBRALTAR
FALKLAND ISLANDS By Extension: 25.10.1956
SOUTH GEORGIA AND SOUTH
SANDWICH ISLANDS; BRITISH
ANTARCTIC TERRITORY
MONTSERRAT By Extension: 4.9.1968
ST.HELENA By Extension: 25.10.1956
PITCAIRN
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS By Extension via Jamaica: 25.10.1956
Notes: See the Protocol of 31.1.1967 relating to the Status of Refugees. The Protocol applies without any geographical limitation except that existing territorial declarations under the 1951 Convention apply to the Protocol.