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Article 26. - Freedom of movement
Each Contracting State shall accord to refugees lawfully in its territory the right to choose their place of
residence and to move freely within its territory subject to any regulations applicable to aliens
generally in the same circumstances.
Article 27. - Identity papers
The Contracting States shall issue identity papers to any refugee in their territory who does not
possess a valid travel document.
Article 28. - Travel documents
1. The Contracting States shall issue to refugees lawfully staying in their territory travel documents for
the purpose of travel outside their territory, unless compelling reasons of national security or public
order otherwise require, and the provisions of the Schedule to this Convention shall apply with respect
to such documents. The Contracting States may issue such a travel document to any other refugee in
their territory; they shall in particular give sympathetic consideration to the issue of such a travel
document to refugees in their territory who are unable to obtain a travel document from the country of
their lawful residence.
2. Travel documents issued to refugees under previous international agreements by Parties thereto
shall be recognized and treated by the Contracting States in the same way as if they had been issued
pursuant to this article.
Article 29. - Fiscal charges
1. The Contracting States shall not impose upon refugees duties, charges or taxes, of any description
whatsoever, other or higher than those which are or may be levied on their nationals in similar
situations.
2. Nothing in the above paragraph shall prevent the application to refugees of the laws and regulations
concerning charges in respect of the issue to aliens of administrative documents including identity
papers.
Article 30. - Transfer of assets
1. A Contracting State shall, in conformity with its laws and regulations, permit refugees to transfer
assets which they have brought into its territory, to another country where they have been admitted
for the purposes of resettlement.
2. A Contracting State shall give sympathetic consideration to the application of refugees for
permission to transfer assets wherever they may be and which are necessary for their resettlement in
another country to which they have been admitted.
Article 31. - Refugees unlawfully in the country of refuge
1. The Contracting States shall not impose penalties, on account of their illegal entry or presence, on
refugees who, coming directly from a territory where their life or freedom was threatened in the sense
of article 1, enter or are present in their territory without authorization, provided they present
themselves without delay to the authorities and show good cause for their illegal entry or presence.
2. The Contracting States shall not apply to the movements of such refugees restrictions other than
those which are necessary and such restrictions shall only be applied until their status in the country is
regularized or they obtain admission into another country. The Contracting States shall allow such
refugees a reasonable period and all the necessary facilities to obtain admission into another country.
Article 32. - Expulsion