Article 21

Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted · European Union

Member States shall respect the principle of non-refoulement in accordance with their international obligations. Where not prohibited by the international obligations mentioned in paragraph 1, Member States may refoule a refugee, whether formally recognised or not, when: there are reasonable grounds for considering him or her as a danger to the security of the Member State in which he or she is present; or he or she, having been convicted by a final judgement of a particularly serious crime, constitutes a danger to the community of that Member State. Member States may revoke, end or refuse to renew or to grant the residence permit of (or to) a refugee to whom paragraph 2 applies.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-15 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.