Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc. ) Act 2004 (c. 19)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Removal of Asylum Seeker to Safe Country

Part 5 U.K. Countries Certified as Safe for Individuals

17 U.K. This Part applies to a person who has made an asylum claim if the Secretary of State certifies that—

(a) it is proposed to remove the person to a specified State,

(b) in the Secretary of State’s opinion the person is not a national or citizen of the specified State, and

(c) in the Secretary of State’s opinion the specified State is a place—

(i) where the person’s life and liberty will not be threatened by reason of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, and

(ii) from which the person will not be sent to another State otherwise than in accordance with the Refugee Convention.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 17 in force at 1.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/2523, art. 2, Sch.