country guidance

New country guidance case on risk on return to Sudan

June 27, 2016

Country guidance cases are asylum appeals chosen by the immigration tribunal to give legal guidance for a particular country, or a particular group of people in a particular country. The decisions in these cases are assumed to be based on the best possible evidence about that country at that time. Until there are significant changes in that country, a country guidance decision sets out the law for other asylum-seekers from that country.

Asylum claims: Ethiopia

May 24, 2016

Legal Updates

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.

The reality of risk in Eritrea: ‘Everybody is scared to talk … but I am tired of being silent’

August 19, 2015

Legal Updates

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.

Returns to DRC: understanding the Home Office guidance and recent case law

July 14, 2015

Legal Updates

In July, the Home Office issued new Country Information and Guidance for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Country guidance decision: Pakistani Christians

January 7, 2015

Legal Updates

Just before Christmas, the Upper Tribunal issued the Country Guidance decision on asylum claims by Pakistani Christians.

Summary: Somalia – safe for returns?

November 7, 2013

Legal Updates

The country guidance – the AMM case – on Somalia states that the situation in Mogadishu means that Article 15c applies for most Somalis there. An exception to this is the small number of people “connected with powerful actors or belonging to a category of middle class or professional persons, who can live to a reasonable standard in circumstances where the Article 15c risk, which exists for the great majority of the population, does not apply”.