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Obstacle course in the EU for asylum seekers
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Recent research has highlighted that there is still a long way to go in the establishment of a fair and efficient Common European Asylum System despite more than 12 years of harmonising national asylum policies...

 and the adoption of the ‘asylum package’ in June 2013. The research, which was published by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) on asylum systems in 14 EU Member States, illustrates huge...

Amnesty report on the overturning of asylum decisions
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Amnesty International and the Still Human Still Here coalition have published a report looking at why so many initial asylum decisions – 25% – are overturned on appeal in the UK. The research assessed...

 50 randomly picked cases from four countries that had high rates of overturning on appeal – Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Syria and Iran. The researchers discovered that in 80% of these cases the asylum decision was...

Criticism of the Dublin Regulation
By Richmond Chambers -

On the 18th November 2013, the Dublin Regulation, which identifies which European State is responsible for deciding on an asylum application, celebrated its 10th anniversary. A comparative study on how...

 this Regulation is applied by States, entitled ‘The Dublin II Regulation: Lives on Hold’, has claimed that the Dublin system continues to fail both refugees and Member States. The report reveals the harsh...

Gay asylum seekers need greater legal protection
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There has been a call for greater protections for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) asylum seekers who, after facing extreme stigmatisation, isolation and physical and mental harm in their countries...

 of origin, are put under increasing pressure to ‘prove’ their sexual orientation. Delivering the 11th Annual Stonewall Lecture hosted by the Law Society, S Chelvan claimed that the UK has not...

Izuazu (Article 8 – new rules) [2013] UKUT 00045 (IAC) - Case Summary
By Richmond Chambers -

Following the amendments to the Immigration Rules on 9th July 2012, when Appendix FM was introduced to address applications for leave to enter or remain in the UK by family members,...

 there has been concern that the current rules as drafted do not adequately reflect the UK’s obligations under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Concerns over Border Agency backlog
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The Home Affairs Committee has published its latest report on the work of the UK Border Agency, covering the second quarter of the year April– June 2012. The report highlights concerns over the growth in...

 the number of backlog cases the Agency is dealing with, which have increased by over 25,000 cases since the first quarter of this year. Other areas of concern include: New asylum cases The Committee doubts that...

Judgment in Virabyan v. Armenia handed down by European Court of Human Rights
By Richmond Chambers -

In its recent judgment in the case of Virabyan v. Armenia (Application no. 40094/05), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found Armenia to have breached articles 3, 6 and 14 of the European Convention on...

 Human Rights (ECHR).   Paul Richmond of Richmond Chambers, instructed by the Kurdish Human Rights Project, drafted both the initial application to the European Court and the response to the submission of...

Scottish asylum seekers left destitute
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Hundreds of asylum seekers in Scotland, including children and pregnant women, are being left completely destitute with no support and nowhere to live, and yet they have no way of returning home safely, according...

 to Scottish refugee charities. The claims by the Scottish Refugee Council and Refugee Survival Trust are based on new research by Glasgow Caledonian University’s Scottish Poverty Information Unit,...

Removal to Uganda blocked by Richmond Chambers
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The High Court today ordered the UKBA not to remove one of our clients to Uganda pending consideration of her application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom on human rights grounds.

 The High Court today ordered the UKBA not to remove one of our clients to Uganda pending consideration of her application for leave to remain in the United Kingdom on human rights grounds.

More humane reception conditions for asylum seekers
By Richmond Chambers -

Limited grounds for detention, better detention conditions, swifter access to the labour market and an early assessment of possible medical or psychological needs are among the improvements to the current EU rules...

 on the reception and treatment of asylum seekers endorsed by the European civil liberties committee. The draft legislation lays down a set of standards for the reception and treatment of asylum seekers,...

The human rights of unaccompanied migrant children
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The Joint Committee on Human Rights has launched an inquiry into the human rights of unaccompanied migrant children and young people in the UK, with a particular focus on those who are seeking asylum or have been...

 the victims of trafficking. The Committee seeks evidence on any aspect of this topic, but in particular in relation to the questions set out below: Is the treatment of unaccompanied migrant children and...

Next steps for the European Migration Network
By Richmond Chambers -

The European Commission has published its report on the development of the European Migration Network (EMN), a Commission-led network with national contact points in each Member States, as well as Norway. The...

 purpose of the EMN is to provide up-to-date, objective, reliable and comparable information on migration and asylum, with a view to supporting policymaking in the European Union in these areas, as well as...
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