The main objective of the Geneva Convention and of the Directive 2004/83/CE is to grant asylum and subsidiary protection (international protection) to persons genuinely in need of protection and to set minimum standards on the benefits to be granted to these persons.
In order to decide whether an applicant qualifies for international protection status, national authorities have to examine all the given elements of the filed application. One crucial element of the application is the identity and nationality of the international protection applicant which may support the authorities in assessing the credibility of the applicant’s statements on the reasons for seeking international protection application, and thus avoiding the granting of international protection status to persons not qualifying- or abusing the asylum system for non-protection related reasons.