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  Nationality and Borders Bill - Clause 11 - Differential Treatment of Refugees - Impact
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to explicitly require that no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom, or have their family unity impacted, as a result treating refugees who have not "come to the United Kingdom directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened" and "presented themselves without delay to the authorities" differently from those who have. 
  
  
  @ MP voted no to explicitly require that no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom, or have their family unity impacted, as a result treating refugees who have not "come to the United Kingdom directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened" and "presented themselves without delay to the authorities" differently from those who have. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to guarantee treating refugees who have not "come to the United Kingdom directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened" and "presented themselves without delay to the authorities" differently from those who have will not impact a refugee's family unity or result in them being returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom
  
  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 6B.
  
  Lords amendment 5B stated[6]:
  
  :Page 14, line 7, leave out subsections (5) to (8) and insertâ
  :â(5) The Secretary of State must make provision within the Immigration Rules toâ
  :(a) guarantee Group 1 and Group 2 refugees all of their rights under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and international law, without distinction;
  :(b) ensure that the classification of a refugee as a Group 1 or a Group 2 refugee does not affect the ability to maintain the unity of that personâs family.â
  
  Had it not been rejected this amendment would have impacted Clause 11 of the Bill[2][3] titled: ''Differential treatment of refugees'' which provided for treating those who have come to the UK directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened and presented themselves without delay to the authorities from others. 
  
  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."[7]
  
  The 1967 protocol provides for co-operation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[8]
  
  
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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/58-02/0282/210282v2.pdf Lords amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill 15 March 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [5] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0282/en/210282en.pdf Explanatory notes on Lords amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill 21 March 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [6] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0300/220300.pdf Lords Message in connection with the Nationality and Borders Bill on 5 April 2022], Parliament.uk
  * [7] [https://www.unhcr.org/uk/1951-refugee-convention.html 1951 Refugee Convention], UNHCR.org  
  * [8] [https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/protocol-relating-status-refugees 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees], OHCHR.org
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