Member States should also have the possibility to apply the concept of safe third country to applicants who transited through the territory of a third country before entering the Union, as it is reasonable to expect that a person seeking international protection could have requested effective protection in a safe third country through which that person transited. Previous transit through a safe third country provides an objective link between the applicant and the third country concerned. For the purposes of this Regulation, transit through a third country could include a situation where an applicant has passed through or stayed on the territory of a third country on the way to the Union, or where the applicant has been at the border or in a transit zone of a third country, where that applicant has had the possibility to request effective protection from the authorities of the third country concerned.
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