The topic of this thesis is the legal arrangement of the protection of refugees and asylum seekers. The terms refugee, exile and international protection seeker are notionally described through this thesis. The course of the Croatian exile-refugee crisis is mentioned, the conditions that have to be fulfilled in order for the refugee status to be gained are written about as well as the cases that lead to the end of that status. Furthermore, in order to show a bigger picture of the rights that belong to the refugees and asylum seekers, the rights that belong to them according to The legal position of the refugees convention from 1951 and The protocol in addition to the Convention from 1967 were analized. Thereafter, the internationally legal protection of the refugees which is provided to them through government and non-government organisations is stated about. About the creation of mutual asylum politics on European level, the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union is stated as the basic document which guarantees the right to an asylum. The terms for the approval of internatinal protection as well as the rights and obligations of asylees and aliens under subsidiary protection are specified. The process of approval of international and provisional protection as well as the process of recognizing the status of returnees and the role of public bodies in the above mentiones procedure are described at the and of thesis