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In Part 4A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (as inserted by section 15), after section 80A insert—
(1)The Secretary of State may declare an asylum claim made by a person (a “claimant”) who has a connection to a safe third State inadmissible.
(2)Subject to subsection (7), an asylum claim declared inadmissible under subsection (1) cannot be considered under the immigration rules.
(3)A declaration under subsection (1) that an asylum claim is inadmissible is not a decision to refuse the claim and, accordingly, no right of appeal under section 82(1)(a) (appeal against refusal of protection claim) arises.
(4)For the purposes of this section, a State is a “safe third State” in relation to a claimant if—
(a)the claimant’s life and liberty are not threatened in that State by reason of their race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion,
(b)the State is one from which a person will not be sent to another State—
(i)otherwise than in accordance with the Refugee Convention, or
(ii)in contravention of their rights under Article 3 of the Human Rights Convention (freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment), and
(c)a person may apply to be recognised as a refugee and (if so recognised) receive protection in accordance with the Refugee Convention, in that State.
(5)For the purposes of this section, a claimant has “a connection” to a safe third State if they meet any of conditions 1 to 5 set out in section 80C in relation to the State.
(6)The fact that an asylum claim has been declared inadmissible under subsection (1) by virtue of the claimant’s connection to a particular safe third State does not prevent the Secretary of State from removing the claimant to any other safe third State.
(7)An asylum claim that has been declared inadmissible under subsection (1) may nevertheless be considered under the immigration rules—
(a)if the Secretary of State determines that there are exceptional circumstances in the particular case that mean the claim should be considered, or
(b)in such other cases as may be provided for in the immigration rules.
(8)In this section and section 80C—
(a)“asylum claim”, “Human Rights Convention”, “immigration rules” and “the Refugee Convention” have the same meanings as in section 80A;
(b)a reference to anything being done in accordance with the Refugee Convention is a reference to the thing being done in accordance with the principles of the Convention, whether or not by a signatory to it.
(1)Condition 1 is that the claimant—
(a)has been recognised as a refugee in the safe third State, and
(b)remains able to access protection in accordance with the Refugee Convention in that State.
(2)Condition 2 is that the claimant—
(a)has otherwise been granted protection in a safe third State as a result of which the claimant would not be sent from the safe third State to another State—
(i)otherwise than in accordance with the Refugee Convention, or
(ii)in contravention of their rights under Article 3 of the Human Rights Convention, and
(b)remains able to access that protection in that State.
(3)Condition 3 is that the claimant has made a relevant claim to the safe third State and the claim—
(a)has not yet been determined, or
(b)has been refused.
(4)Condition 4 is that—
(a)the claimant was previously present in, and eligible to make a relevant claim to, the safe third State,
(b)it would have been reasonable to expect them to make such a claim, and
(c)they failed to do so.
(5)Condition 5 is that, in the claimant’s particular circumstances, it would have been reasonable to expect them to have made a relevant claim to the safe third State (instead of making a claim in the United Kingdom).
(6)For the purposes of this section, a “relevant claim” to a safe third State is a claim—
(a)to be recognised as a refugee in the State for the purposes of the Refugee Convention, or
(b)for protection in the State of the kind mentioned in subsection (2)(a).
(7)For the purposes of this section “claimant” and “safe third State” have the same meanings as in section 80B; and see subsection (8) of that section.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 16 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 87(1)
I2S. 16 in force at 28.6.2022 by S.I. 2022/590, regs. 1(2), 2, Sch. 1 para. 15 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3))
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