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2.For the purpose of humanitarian admission, the following third-country nationals or stateless persons shall be eligible for admission, provided that, at least on the basis of an initial evaluation, they also fall within at least one of the categories referred to in paragraph 3:
(a)third-country nationals who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, as defined in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1347 are outside the country of nationality and are unable or, owing to such a fear, are unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country, or stateless persons who, being outside the country of former habitual residence for the same reasons, are unable or, owing to such a fear, unwilling to return to it; or
(b)third-country nationals who are outside the country of nationality or stateless persons who are outside the country of former habitual residence, and in respect of whom substantial grounds have been shown for believing that they, if returned to their country of origin or, in the case of stateless persons, to their country of former habitual residence, would face a real risk of suffering serious harm as defined in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1347, and are unable or, owing to such risk, are unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country.
Persons whose protection or assistance from organs or agencies of the UN other than the UNHCR has ceased for any reason without their position being definitively settled in accordance with the relevant resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly, shall be deemed to meet the eligibility criteria set out in this paragraph.
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