Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Persecution based on political opinion

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

9 February 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 27 July 2010.

7 February 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ahwazi - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

1 February 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to family life | Countries: Cameroon - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 5 and 6 October 2010. The conclusions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in the country guidance case of SB (risk on return - illegal exit) Iran CG [2009] UKAIT 00053, on the risk of persecution for those who have exited Iran illegally, are followed and endorsed.

1 February 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Sur place persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber).

31 January 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - HIV and AIDS - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Public health | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe

Heard at Bradford on 28 October 2010. The guidance given by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in JC (double jeopardy: Art 10 CL) China CG [2008] UKAIT 00036 confirmed.

25 January 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Drug trafficking - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: China - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

24 January 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - State protection | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 11 November 2010.

24 January 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Effective protection - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - State protection | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

19 January 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties | Countries: Bangladesh - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

19 January 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Fresh / New claim - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to life | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland