Non-return of refugees, their families and other persons

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no person shall be refused entry into Belize, expelled, extradited or returned from Belize to any other country or be subjected to any similar measure if, as a result of such refusal, expulsion, return or other measure, such person is compelled to return to or remain in a country where– (a) he may be subjected to persecution on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion; or (b) his life, physical integrity or liberty would be threatened on account of external aggression, occupation, foreign domination or events seriously disrupting public order in a part or the whole of that country. (2) The Minister shall take steps as he considers necessary to ensure that the provisions of sub-section (1) are applied in respect of persons to whom the sub-section relates.