Safe third country is a country that is neither the home country of an

asylum seeker An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country and applies for asylum (i.e., international protection) in that other country. An asylum seeker is an immigrant who has been forcibly displaced and m ...

or the country in which they are seeking asylum, but that is considered safe for them to be removed to.

References

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