ABSTRACT
The UK accepts certain international obligations in respect of asylum seekers under the Geneva Convention of 1951, as amended by the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees,1 and this is reflected in the Immigration Rules and the Immigration Appeals Act 1993, although neither the Convention nor the Protocol have been enacted directly into the law of the UK. Rule 334 of the Immigration Rules provides that immigrants:
…will be granted asylum in the UK if the Secretary of State is satisfied that…refusing his application would result in his being required to go (whether immediately or after the time limited by an existing leave to enter or remain) in breach of the Convention and Protocol, to a country in which his life or freedom would be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group.
