Recommendation 152

For these purposes, a particularly serious crime, in domestic law, is a crime for which a person is sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least 12 months.197 The threshold is therefore amended by this provision in the Bill - a person could be excluded from protection under the Refugee Convention for a conviction of any of these offences, irrespective of the length of the sentence. In theory, this could mean that more people could be excluded from the protection of non-refoulement under Article 33 of the Refugee Convention. 195 Supplementary ECHR memorandum, para 13 196 By way of refusal of asylum under paragraph 336; revocation under paragraph 338A; or exclusion from humanitarian protection under paragraph 339D 197 Section 72 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act, as amended by section 38 NABA 55