# Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (codification), Division 2: If a third-country national who has been refused entry is brought to the border by a carrier, the authority responsible locally shall:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) order the carrier to take charge of the third-country national and transport him or her without delay to the third country from which he or she was brought, to the third country which issued the document authorising him or her to cross the border, or to any other third country where he or she is guaranteed admittance, or to find means of onward transportation in accordance with Article 26 of the Schengen Convention and Council Directive 2001/51/EC;
(b) pending onward transportation, take appropriate measures, in compliance with national law and having regard to local circumstances, to prevent third-country nationals who have been refused entry from entering illegally.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/399/annex/V/part/A/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-399/annex-V/part-A/division-2
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