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ARTICLE-1: Definition of the term "refugee"     [go to this ARTICLE]
... F. The provisions of this Convention shall not apply to any person with respect to whom there are serious reasons for considering that. ...
... (b) He has committed a serious non-political crime outside the country of refuge prior to his admission to that country as a refugee; ...


ARTICLE-33: Prohibition of expulsion or return ("refoulement")     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. The benefit of the present provision may not, however, be claimed by a refugee whom there are reasonable grounds for regarding as a danger to the security of the country in which he is, or who, having been convicted by a final judgement of a particularly serious crime, constitutes a danger to the community of that country. ...