a friend going through the same to give Legal Match a try. Best thing I could have done. Ms. Webster who was the second Lawyer to contact me that morning went to fight for me right away and now I have my rights to the best blessing God could have given me,( my 2 year old son)...
As part of the transition to my new firm, I have been learning their procedures: How they intake cases, create calendars, store documents, manage consultations, etc. As a lawyer, I’ve attended many consultations over the years, but I have always been the lawyer doing the consulting. I ha...
Hannah Dickinson, an asylum lawyer from the Asylum Seeker Rights Centre, is reported in The Canberra Times to “have rubbished suggestions people are seizing on huge backlogs of asylum applications to lodge bogus claims for protection”. Source: Are allegations of bogus asylum claims valid? – Pea...
This article is about navigating asylum, employment and language policy in a new country as an asylum seeker. Through the story of one individual, we show that profound inequalities are exacerbated when forced migrants are limited in their choice of language they might study or use. The individua...
Germany’s chancellor has vowed to end a culture of “misplaced tolerance” after a failed Afghan asylum seeker was arrested over the fatal stabbing on a toddler and a man during a nursery trip.
30 and said he could have a lawyer present if he wanted. As the translator explains to Hernandez, the judge says, “Have a good day.” The recording ends. According to Gutierrez, Hernandez called her afterward to tell her that he was going to mount another hunger strike. “I told ...
the right to be assisted by a lawyer and/or an interpreter at any stage of the asylum procedure; the right to contact and to be assisted by an official of the UNHCR/non-governmental organizations in any phase of the asylum procedure; the right to participate in cultural adaptation...
After returning to the courtroom, the asylum seeker told the judge that the man in the courtroom was "not his lawyer" and that he wanted a new hearing with his lawyer present. The judge granted a continuance and both the applicant and the attorney left. The ADC explained to me afterward ...