The UK government estimates some 6,500 Syrians currently in the asylum system are affected by the halting of their claims. Syrian rebel leader says the country isn't going to get into another war Home Secretary Yvette Cooper defended the decision, saying "people were claiming asylum from the ...
The various definitions of refugee status are given in the box below.### Definitions of refugee statusAsylum seeker鈥攁sylum claim submitted, awaiting Home Office decisionRefugee status (accepted as a refugee under the Geneva Convention)鈥攇iven leave to remain in the UK for four years, and ca...
in essence, in violation of the United Nations Refugee Convention. No mention on the right to asylum is ever made; nor to the right not to be prejudiced against as an asylum seeker in terms of means of arrival. And that’s merely the start. In gazing...
Ameh and others v United Kingdom [2011] European Court of Human Rights 30 August 2011 (admissibility decision), 4539/11. Bader and Kanbor v Sweden [2005] European Court of Human Rights 8 November 2005, 13284/04, para. 43-49. Collins and Akaziebie v Sweden [2007] European Court of Hu...
Rwanda's government said in a statement that the decision was ultimately one for the U.K.'s judicial system, but it took "issue with the ruling that Rwanda is not a safe third country for asylum seekers and refugees, in terms of refoulement," adding that the two nations "have been wor...
Advice on challenging a decision by a public authority, and judicial review. Human rights Defending your human rights in regard to immigration and asylum decisions by the Home Office. Asylum, trafficking, slavery or domestic violence Supporting asylum seekers in the immigration system with complex cas...
asylum seeker, individual whose application for refugee status ‐ pending a final decisionIDPs, those who have fled to escape conflict, persecution or natural disaster ‐ but have not crossed an international borderlsquoreturned refugees’and ‘...
After the eight-week course he had no wish to simply wait for a decision on his asylum claim, sitting out his time at the Oravais centre as just one more asylum seeker. He began swimming in a different direction. He had noticed that Vörå would make the perfect location for him to...
In 1999, the Bureau of Immigration Affairs (BIA) ruled against an asylum seeker inIn re R-A-, RESPONDENT, 22 I. & N. Dec. 906, Interim Decision (BIA) 3403, 2001 WL 1744475 (BIA, Jan 19, 2001), ruled against granting asylum in part because it sawDomestic Violenceas a private matte...
Research from the University raises concerns that many young people who are refused asylum in the UK are not being advised appropriately and are not appealing against decisions even when they have an arguable case.