Part 4Immigration and Asylum

Refugee Convention

33 Certificate that Convention does not apply

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34 Construction

1

Articles 1(F) and 33(2) of the Refugee Convention (exclusions: war criminals, national security, &c.) shall not be taken to require consideration of the gravity ofโ€”

a

events or fear by virtue of which Article 1(A) would or might apply to a person if Article 1(F) did not apply, or

b

a threat by reason of which Article 33(1) would or might apply to a person if Article 33(2) did not apply.

2

In this section โ€œthe Refugee Conventionโ€ means the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 and the Protocol to the Convention.