Definition: Persons granted stay of deportation

Category: Migration statistics - ILO

Persons granted stay of deportation are persons who have been found not to qualify for refugee status or to be in an irregular situation and who are under deportation orders but who have been granted a temporary reprieve from being deported because their lives would be in danger if they returned immediately to their country of nationality. http://books.google.com/books?id=h7Pe-OaViAEC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=%22guidelines+for+improving+data+collection+systems%22+%22international+migration+statistics%22&source=bl&ots=mo92iAWGNF&sig=GpEmg5yJVtC1B6JEOtN1ifGN9rI&hl=en&ei=XBgtStm6KsKY-gbLo73yCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPA2,M1