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All refugees face a range of challenges associated with forced displacement but refugee women face additional barriers because of their gender and social status. A report published by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the...

It was billed as ‘small boats week’: a series of government announcements designed to show progress on the issue of cross Channel migration. Meanwhile, 30 or so migrants were being moved to a housing barge off Dorset and had to be moved out...

We act on behalf of two Afghani women who escaped to Pakistan in an attempt to join their sponsor in the UK. We instructed a country expert to tell us what the situation on the ground was. Pakistan is not a signatory to the United Nations...

Women have historically found it more difficult to qualify for refugee status than men. The 1951 Convention relating to the status of a refugee promises protection for refugees following the Second World War and Europe’s inadequate response to...

We represented successfully in an appeal a Coptic husband and wife from Egypt. The couple has been subjected to threats and violence attacks at the hands of the members of the Muslim brotherhood, in particular one individual. In 2020 the...

The Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick announced on 8 June 2023 that the tier refugee system introduced by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 will be paused from July 2023. The 2 tier approach differentiated between asylum seekers entering...

According to ODI, Europe is facing the biggest migration crisis since World War II. There are actually two crises which are unfolding in parallel. The first they identify is the global displacement crisis where more and more people are fleeing...

The Humanitarian Protection Policy was introduced in 2003 to replace the policy on Exceptional Leave to Remain. The policy objective was to grant humanitarian protection and to provide protection and a period of limited leave to those who require...

The Illegal Immigration Bill was announced on 7 March 2023. It aims to deal with challenges relating to the UK Asylum process, in other words a small boat crossing on the English Channel. The bill, which was not subject to a public consultation,...

The Home Office have announced that it is introducing a streamlined asylum process and removing the requirement for a substantive asylum interview when appropriate when the decision can be made from information available. This process will be...