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Refugee Family Reunion: A Practical Guide

People who have been recognised as refugees in the UK or who have been granted humanitarian protection may sponsor certain family members to join them in the UK. Both will be referred to as ‘refugees’ for ease...

New Guidance on Inadmissibility of Asylum Claims

On 31 December 2020, at 11pm, the Brexit transition period came to an end. One consequence of this is that the Dublin Regulations no longer apply in the UK. New regulations have since been introduced by the UK government....

Settlement as a Refugee or person with Humanitarian Protection

In this post we explore the requirements for obtaining settlement once you have completed 5 years in the UK as a refugee or person with humanitarian protection.  Does it matter whether I have Refugee or Humanitarian...

The impact of family separation on child refugees in the UK

The report WITHOUT MY FAMILY: The impact of family separation on child refugees in the UK was published on Monday 13  January 2020. A full copy of the report can be read: here. The report is published by...

What is “persecution” under the Refugee Convention?

In a previous post, we have looked at how the credibility of an asylum claim is assessed here. This post will look at what constitutes persecution for the purposes of the UN Refugee Convention 1951. In order...

Credibility in asylum claims

Lack of credibility is the most common reason for the refusal of an asylum claim in the UK.  In order to establish the validity of an asylum claim, the UN Refugee Convention of 1951 requires a ‘well-founded fear...