Category: refugees

LSB publishes literature review of legal needs – Legal Services Board

Posted April 26th, 2011 in disabled persons, elderly, Legal Services Board, mental health, news, refugees, reports, travellers by sally

“The LSB has conducted a review of existing research literature into the needs of different groups of legal services consumers. The review summarises the legal needs of a variety of different groups, their methods of accessing legal services and where their needs are not met. The review helps to identify gaps in existing research and will be used to target our future research programme.”

The Legal Needs of Consumer Groups (PDF)

Legal Services Board, 21st April 2011

Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk

DD (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted December 17th, 2010 in asylum, law reports, news, proscribed organisations, refugees, terrorism by sally

DD (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 1407; [2010] WLR (D) 330

“Section 54 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, on the construction of art 1F(c) of the Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) (Cmd 9171), confirmed by statute that acts of individuals might be acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations, which ‘included’ acts instigating terrorism and could include acts directed against UN mandated forces.”

WLR Daily, 16th December 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Iraqi pupil to be thrown out of Britain over age dispute – The Independent

Posted July 23rd, 2010 in asylum, children, deportation, local government, news, refugees by sally

“An Iraqi refugee who is studying for his GCSEs has been told he will be made homeless and deported because social workers have decided that he is 20 years old.”

Full story

The Independent, 23rd July 2010

Source: www.independent.co.uk

HJ v Secretary of State for the Home Department; HT v Same ú – WLR Daily

Posted July 9th, 2010 in asylum, homosexuality, immigration, law reports, refugees, Supreme Court by sally

HJ v Secretary of State for the Home Department; HT v Same ú [2010] UKSC 31; [2010] WLR (D) 174

“To reject a gay person’s claim for refugee status on the ground that, if returned to his home country, he could avoid persecution by living discreetly would be to deny his right, protected by the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, to live freely and openly as himself without fear of persecution. The current test, that such a claim would fail where the claimant could reasonably be expected to live discreetly concealing his sexual identity to avoid persecution, if returned to his home country, was wrong and should not be followed.”

WLR Daily, 8th July 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Supreme court recognises gay asylum rights – The Guardian

Posted July 7th, 2010 in asylum, homosexuality, international law, news, refugees, Supreme Court by sally

“Judgment means lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have the right to escape persecution.”

Full story

The Guardian, 7th July 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Home Office advice to gay asylum seekers criticised – BBC News

Posted July 6th, 2010 in asylum, government departments, homosexuality, news, refugees by sally

“The Home Office has been accused of telling gay and lesbian asylum seekers to avoid persecution back home by keeping their sexuality secret.”

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BBC News, 6th July 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Deportees ‘at risk of abuse’ – The Independent

Posted August 13th, 2009 in immigration, news, refugees by sally

“Refugees deported from Britain are at risk of ill-treatment and abuse by immigration officers and security guards, a damning report into the system for removing immigrants and failed asylum seekers has found.”

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The Independent, 13th August 2009

Source:  www.independent.co.uk

Elgafaji and another v Staatssecretaris van Justitie – WLR Daily

Posted February 18th, 2009 in EC law, law reports, refugees by sally

Elgafaji and another v Staatssecretaris van Justitie (Case C-465/07); [2009] WLR (D) 59

“For a person to be eligible for subsidiary protection status on the ground that there was a serious and individual threat to his life, it was not essential for him to prove that he was specifically targeted, but it could exceptionally be sufficient for such a threat to be established by a high level of indiscriminate violence in the country in question.”

WLR Daily, 17th February 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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MT and Others (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports

Posted August 3rd, 2007 in deportation, law reports, refugees, torture by sally

Closed material can be used in appeals against deportation

MT and Others (Algeria) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Court of Appeal

“When a person appealed against an order for deportation because he feared torture or ill-treatment in his home state, in scrutinising the case, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission was entitled to take into account closed as well as open material.”

The Times, 3rd August 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication 

MT (Algeria) and others v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Liberty intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted August 1st, 2007 in closed material, deportation, law reports, refugees, torture by sally

MT (Algeria) and others v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Liberty intervening) [2007] EWCA Civ 808

“When considering whether an applicant was at risk of torture or ill-treatment contrary to art 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms if deported to his home state on the ground of national security the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (‘SIAC”’ was entitled to have regard to closed as well as open material in scrutinising the case under the statutory scheme. A person who had been recognised as a refugee could lose his status under art 1F(c) of the Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees if he were guilty of acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations after recognition.”

WLR Daily, 30th July 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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