16 Asylum claims by persons with connection to safe third State: inadmissibility

16  Asylum claims by persons with connection to safe third State: inadmissibility

In Part 4A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (as inserted by section 15), after section 80A insert—

“80B Asylum claims by persons with connection to safe third State

(1)     The Secretary of State may declare an asylum claim made by a person (a “claimant”) who has a connection to a safe third State inadmissible.

(2)     Subject to subsection (7), an asylum claim declared inadmissible under subsection (1) cannot be considered under the immigration rules.

(3)     A declaration under subsection (1) that an asylum claim is inadmissible is not a decision to refuse the claim and, accordingly, no right of appeal under section 82(1)(a) (appeal against refusal of protection claim) arises.

(4)     For the purposes of this section, a State is a “safe third State” in relation to a claimant if—

(a)     the claimant's life and liberty are not threatened in that State by reason of their race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion,

(b)

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