Part 2: Asylum Chapter 3: Inadmissibility Section 16: Asylum claims by persons with connection to safe third State: Inadmissibility
Overview: This section provides that asylum claims from an individual with a connection to a safe third state can be declared inadmissible to the UK’s asylum system.
	Background: Inadmissibility procedures allow a State to declare an asylum claim "inadmissible" when the claim is made by individuals who have travelled through a safe third state or have another connection to a safe third state where they could have claimed asylum.
	While the UK was a member of the EU, inadmissibility processes were explicitly allowed under EU law. Paragraph 345A-345D of the Immigration Rules set out the inadmissibility rules in relation to asylum claims made by individuals who have travelled through a safe third country or have a connection to a safe third country.
	The purpose of this section is to transfer these rules into primary legislation and to provide further clarification.
	Subsection 1 inserts new sections 80B and 80C into Part 4A (itself inserted by Section 15), which relates to inadmissibility of asylum claims by persons with a connection to a safe third state.
	80B(1) and (2) provide that a person who has a connection to a safe third state may have their asylum claim declared inadmissible to the UK’s asylum system and, where declared inadmissible, will not have their asylum claim substantively considered.
	80B(3) stipulates that a decision to declare a claim inadmissible, will not constitute a decision to refuse a protection claim and will therefore not attract a right of appeal in the way that protection claims do under section 82 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
	80B(4) defines a "safe third State".
	80B(5) states that a claimant will be deemed to have a connection to a safe third state if they meet any of the conditions set out in section 80C.
	80B(6) provides that an individual whose asylum claim has been declared inadmissible to the UK’s asylum system under this section may be removed from the UK to any other safe third state. This means that an individual does not have to be removed to the state to which they have a connection.
	80B(7) provides that if the individual whose claim has been declared inadmissible but there are exceptional circumstances or in other such cases which can be provided for in the immigration rules, their claim for asylum may nevertheless be considered.
	80B(8) defines terms used in this section and in section 80C.
	80C sets out what is meant by a "connection" to a safe third country. Condition 1 is where the person has been recognised as a refugee and can still access this protection. Condition 2 is whether the claimant has been granted another form of protection that would prevent them from being sent from that safe third state, to another state, and they can still access this protection. Condition 3 is where the claimant has already made a claim for protection in a safe third state, but that claim has not yet been determined or has been refused. Condition 4 is where the claimant was previously present in a safe third state where they could have made a claim, and that it is reasonable to expect them to have made a claim, but they failed to make a claim. Condition 5 is where it would be reasonable to expect them to have made a claim in a safe third state, instead of making a claim in the UK. An example might be where the person has close family members in a safe third state and there was nothing preventing them making a claim there.
	80C(6) and (7) define terms used in this section.