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ARTICLE-33: Prohibition of expulsion or return ("refoulement")     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. No Contracting State shall expel or return ("refouler") a refugee in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers of territories where his life or freedom would be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. ...