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  "text": "(1) Paragraph 1 applies to a person if he—\n(a) has refugee status abroad, or\n(b) is the dependant of a person who is in the United Kingdom and who has refugee status abroad.\n(2) For the purposes of this paragraph a person has refugee status abroad if—\n(a) he does not have the nationality of an EEA State and is not a British citizen, and\n(b) the government of an EEA State ... has determined that he is entitled to protection as a refugee under the Refugee Convention.",
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