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Paragraph 17 I1

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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.

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