If you have been granted asylum (international protection) or subsidiary protection in the Republic of Croatia, you have the right to reside in the country, with state-funded accommodation provided for up to two years from the date you receive the decision granting your protection status.
You are also entitled to:
- work (residence and work permit or work registration certificate is not required)
- healthcare
- education
- freedom of religion
- free legal assistance (including support in drafting lawsuits and representation before the first-instance administrative court, in cases of termination or annulment of asylum or subsidiary protection)
- social welfare in accordance with regulations applicable to Croatian citizens
- family reunification
- assistance with social integration
- travel document for asylum seekers (issued for a period of five years)
- ownership of real estate in accordance with the 1951 Convention.
- acquisition of Croatian citizenship in accordance with the Croatian Citizenship Act.
Family members legally residing in Croatia have the same rights as you.
As a person granted asylum or subsidiary protection, you must:
- respect the Constitution, laws and other regulations of the Republic of Croatia
- report your residence within 15 days of receiving protection status and update any changes of your place of residence or address within 15 days
- carry your residence permit and present it to legally authorized persons when required
- attend Croatian language, history and culture courses
- inform the Ministry of the Interior if you leave Croatia or stay abroad for more than 90 days within a 180-day period, within 15 days of such a change
If your residence permit or travel document is lost, stolen, or missing, you must report it to the police department or station within 15 days of discovering the incident.
Asylum or subsidiary protection is granted to persons whose lives would be threatened by returning to their country of origin.
Asylum is granted to applicants who are outside their country of citizenship or habitual residence and have a well-founded fear of persecution due to their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, and who are unable or unwilling to seek protection from their home country.
Asylum is granted to applicants who are outside their country of citizenship or habitual residence and have a well-founded fear of persecution due to their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, and who are unable or unwilling to seek protection from their home country.
Subsidiary protection will be granted to an applicant who does not meet the requirements for asylum, provided there are valid reasons indicating that they would face a real risk of suffering serious injustice if returned to their country of origin, and if they are either unable or unwilling to seek the protection of that country due to such a risk.
Serious injustice includes the threat of the death penalty or execution, torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as a grave and individual threat to the lives of the civilian population due to indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict.
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