North Macedonia is both a party to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and to its 1967 Protocol.
The former Yugoslavia had signed and ratified the Convention on 28 July 1951 and 15 December 1959, respectively declaring that it considered itself bound by alternative (b) of Section B(1) of the Convention. Furthermore, in 2020, North Macedonia acceded to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Regarding the Dublin Convention, Macedonia is not part of the Dublin III Convention (follow-up of Dublin II, since January 15th 2014) agreement. This means that you can ask for asylum or have your fingerprints taken in Macedonia without having problems when asking for asylum in another Dublin country afterwards. However, North Macedonia has signed a readmission agreement with Serbia – which means that Serbia can return the asylum seekers to Macedonia.

In 2004, North Macedonia passed a set of regulations regarding: the Form of the Application for Recognition of the Right to Asylum, the Manner of Fingerprinting and Photographing Asylum Seekers, the Form and Procedure for Issuing and Replacement of Documents for Asylum Seekers and for Persons with Recognised Right to Asylum or to Temporary Protection in the Republic of Macedonia and on the Manner of Keeping Records.

Since then, they have expanded their legislation. Now, the central legal basis for governing migration and asylum is the Law on International and Temporary Protection of 2018.