30It follows from that definition that the status of refugee requires the fulfilment of two conditions which are intrinsically linked and which relate, on the one hand, to the fear of persecution and, on the other, to the lack of protection from acts of persecution by third countries of which the person concerned is a national (see, to that effect, judgment of 20 January 2021, Secretary of State for the Home Department, C‑255/19, EU:C:2021:36, paragraph 56).
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