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  Nationality and Borders Bill - Before Clause 11 - Compliance with the Refugee Convention
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to require that, so far as possible under new asylum laws, no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom and to require a court or tribunal breaching that principle to make a declaration to that effect.   
  
  @ MP voted no to require that, so far as possible under new asylum laws, no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom and to require a court or tribunal breaching that principle to make a declaration to that effect.     
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require that, so far as possible under new asylum laws, no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom and to require a court or tribunal breaching that principle to make a declaration to that effect.     
  
  MPs were considering the Nationality and Borders Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 5D.
  
  Lords amendment 5D stated:[4] 
  
  :Insert the following new Clauseâ
  :â''Interpretation of Part 2''
  :(1) So far as it is possible to do so, the provisions of this Part must be read and given effect in a way which is compatible with the [https://www.unhcr.org/uk/1951-refugee-convention.html Refugee Convention].
  :(2) If a court or tribunal determining a question which has arisen in connection with the provisions of this Part cannot read and give effect to those provisions in a way which is compatible with the Refugee Convention, it must make a declaration to that effect
  
  
  In relation to the 1951 convention: "The core principle is non-refoulement, which asserts that a refugee should not be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom."[5]
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3023 Parliament's webpage on the  Nationality and Borders Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/44307/documents/1132  Nationality and Borders Bill, as brought to the House of Lords, from the Commons, on 9 December 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/44460/documents/1174 Explanatory notes to the Nationality and Borders Bill, as brought to the House of Lords, from the Commons, on 9 December 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [4] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0308/210308v2.pdf Lords amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill on 26 April 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [5] [https://www.unhcr.org/uk/1951-refugee-convention.html 1951 Refugee Convention], UNHCR.org  
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