Politics before protection: the story of Eritrean asylum seekers in the UK
The front page news in the Guardian last week, that “Home Office Eritrea guidance softened to reduce asylum seeker numbers” will not surprise those who… Read more »
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Asylum claims: Ethiopia
We are often asked, “Do people get asylum if they are from [x or y country]?”
It’s impossible to generalise about how asylum claims will be decided – although the grant rate for some countries is higher than others, each asylum claim should (in theory) be decided on an individual, case-by-case basis.
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Country Information: unreliable evidence
“totally lacking credibility … an undergraduate would be failed for this sort of thing.” An independent inspector’s report has criticised the use of country information… Read more »
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Do-It-Yourself fresh claims
For people who have been refused asylum, and had their appeal to the Tribunal dismissed, a fresh claim for asylum, with new evidence or new grounds, can be the route to sanctuary, to regularisation of status.
There are limits and difficulties in doing this yourself, or helping someone if you are not a lawyer, but there are some aspects where community supporters can really help.
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Right to Remain launch crowdfunder for essential legal resource
Right to Remain has today launched a crowdfunding appeal to produce a vital guide that can help save lives. The Right to Remain Toolkit is a unique resource that will help people to find solidarity and sanctuary in the UK.
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Germany’s suspension of the Dublin Protocol: a welcome display of European and global solidarity
This is a guest blog post by Judith Vonberg. Judith is a PhD student studying the mutual perception of Britons and Germans after the Second… Read more »
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UK Home Office Guidance on Eritrea: an instrument to refuse protection?
This is a guest post by Sara Palacios Arapiles, who has a background in law and currently works at the Nottingham Rainbow Project, providing advocacy… Read more »
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Charter flight to Afghanistan: permission to appeal granted
Refused asylum seekers with removal directions for the charter flight to Afghanistan on 26 August 2015 should seek immediate legal advice, following the order made by Lord Justice Clarke in solicitors Duncan Lewis’ recent legal action.
Read more The reality of risk in Eritrea: ‘Everybody is scared to talk … but I am tired of being silent’
This is a guest post by Sara Palacios Arapiles, who has a background in law and currently works at the Nottingham Rainbow Project, providing advocacy and support to people seeking sanctuary.
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Language analysis in asylum claims – Sprakab quietly dropped?
The Independent reports that the Home Office has quietly stopped contracting the Swedish language analysis company Sprakab.
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LGBTI asylum claims – the difference, stigma, shame, harm model
Since the landmark 2010 Supreme Court judgment in which it was ruled the Home Office could not tell LGBTI asylum-seekers that they could go back to their country of origin and ‘live discreetly’, the Home Office has shifted its tactics in refusing asylum claims.
Read moreYoung Afghans in the UK: deportations in the dead of night to a war-zone
This article appeared in Open Democracy (50:50) on 24 June 2013. Each year around 400 children forced by war to leave their families and homes… Read more »
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