Immigration law / Passports

29 April 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Passports - Refugees - Standard of proof | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

Heard at Field House on 29 and 30 October 2008. The country guidance given by the Tribunal in HM (Risk Factors for Burmese Citizens) Burma CG [2006] UKAIT 00012 remains valid.

27 April 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Sur place persecution - Travel documents - Unlawful departure | Countries: Myanmar - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

An application pursuant to s129L of the Immigration Act 1987 to cease to recognise a person as a refugee.

6 April 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugees | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

10 March 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Cessation clauses - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

10 March 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Cessation clauses - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

5 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Criminal justice - False documents - Passports | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AS/00266/2007).

27 January 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure - Visas | Countries: Eritrea - 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.

30 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Czech Republic: Supreme Administrative Court | Countries: Czech Republic - Uzbekistan

17 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Passports - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - China

8 December 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Ceasefire - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Internal armed conflict - Jurisdiction - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka