§ 44. Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state Her Majesty's Government's policy as to the criteria for the granting of political asylum.
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§ Mr. CarlisleHer Majesty's Government's policy accords with Article 1 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. An applicant is not sent away if the result would be his going to a country to which he is unwilling to go owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.