Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast)

Article 21U.K.Protection from refoulement

1.Member States shall respect the principle of non-refoulement in accordance with their international obligations.

2.Where not prohibited by the international obligations mentioned in paragraph 1, Member States may refoule a refugee, whether formally recognised or not, when:

(a)there are reasonable grounds for considering him or her as a danger to the security of the Member State in which he or she is present; or

(b)he or she, having been convicted by a final judgment of a particularly serious crime, constitutes a danger to the community of that Member State.

3.Member States may revoke, end or refuse to renew or to grant the residence permit of (or to) a refugee to whom paragraph 2 applies.