SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3Removal of Asylum Seeker to Safe Country
Part 2First List of Safe Countries (Refugee Convention and Human Rights (1))
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This paragraph applies for the purposes of the determination by any person, tribunal or court whether a person who has made an asylum claim or a human rights claim F3(the “claimant”) may be removed—
a
from the United Kingdom, and
b
to a State of which he is not a national or citizen.
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Unless the contrary is shown by the claimant to be the case in their particular circumstances, a State to which this Part applies is to be treated, in so far as relevant to the question mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), as a place—
a
to which a person can be removed without their Convention rights under Article 3 (no torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment) being contravened, and
b
from which a person will not be sent to another State in contravention of their Convention rights.
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A State to which this Part applies shall be treated, in so far as relevant to the question mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), as a place—
a
where a person’s life and liberty are not threatened by reason of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion,
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c
from which a person will not be sent to another State otherwise than in accordance with the Refugee Convention.