division_name: Nationality and Borders Bill - <i>Report (2nd Day)</i> &#8212; Amendment 51
motion: <p class="italic" pid="a890.3/1" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">Moved by Lord Alton of Liverpool</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a890.3/2" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">51: After Clause 37, insert the following new Clause&#8212;&#8220;Conditions for grant of asylum: cases of genocide(1) A person seeking asylum in the United Kingdom who belongs to a national, ethnical, racial or religious group which meets the criteria, in the place from which that person originates, set out in Article II of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide made in Paris on <phrase class="date" code="2022-12-09">9 December</phrase> 1948, must be presumed to meet the conditions for asylum in the United Kingdom following an application to the Court from a non-governmental organisation (registered as a charity in the United Kingdom) representing such a person or group of persons belonging to a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.(2) The adjudication of whether the group to which the person seeking asylum belongs meets the description specified in subsection (1) must be determined by a judge of the High Court of England and Wales after consideration of the available facts.(3) Applicants for asylum in the United Kingdom from groups designated under this section may submit their applications and have them assessed at British missions overseas.(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations place a cap on the number of people granted asylum under subsection (1) in any given calendar year.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p pid="a890.4/2" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 172, Noes 120.</p>