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Refugees
87. Where a person is a refugee full account is to be taken of the provisions of the Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees. Nothing in these rules is to be construed as requiring action contrary to the United Kingdom's obligations under these instruments.
General considerations
88. The succeeding paragraphs set out the principles to be followed in dealing with applications for variation of leave or to remain, or, in the absence of such an application, in deciding to vary leave. In deciding these matters account is to be taken of all the relevant facts: the fact that the applicant satisfies the formal requirements of these rules for stay, or further stay, in the proposed capacity is not conclusive in his favour. For example, refusal will be the normal course if the applicant has made false representations in obtaining leave to enter (including the giving of undertakings, express or implied, which he has not honoured, as to the duration and purpose of his stay); if he has not observed the time limit or conditions subject to which he was admitted, or given leave to remain; if in the light of his character, conduct or associations it is undesirable to permit him to remain: if he represents a danger to national security; or if he might not be returnable to another country if allowed to remain for the period for which he wishes to stay. In such circumstances it is not necessary to consider any claim by the person concerned that he satisfies the formal requirements of these rules. Refusal of an extension of stay will also be justified where an applicant takes an unreasonable time to produce any evidence required under the rules.
89. A person's leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom may be curtailed if, for example, he fails to comply with any conditions attached to the leave or, if given leave to enter or remain to follow a course of study, he fails to attend that course regularly.
90. Except as provided in paragraph 105, people admitted as visitors or students or for other temporary purposes have no claim to remain here for any other purpose. In particular, except as specified in paragraphs 117 and 119. applications to remain are to be refused where the application is to remain for a purpose for which an entry clearance is required. Applications to remain for other purposes (not including employment, which is dealt with in the next paragraph) may be granted, provided that the relevant requirements of these rules are met, unless it appears that the applicant is attempting to remain. permanently.
91. In regard to variation of leave to enter with a view to employment, the general position is that where a person wishes to come to work in the United Kingdom the employer must have obtained a work permit before the person sets out. Applications to remain for employment from persons admitted as visitors or students (including those whose studies were financed by Her Majesty's Government, an international scholarship agency or by their home government) or from persons admitted for other temporary purposes should be refused without reference to the Department of Employment unless the conditions subject to which the applicant was given leave to enter left him free
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