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United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority

The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) forms part of the Tribunals Service, an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice. The implementation of AIT in 2005, superseded the former Immigration Appellent Authority (IAA). The AIT hears and decides appeals against decisions made by the Home Office in matters of asylum, immigration and nationality. The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal was abolished by Article 2 of the Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010, and its functions were transferred to the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (UTIAC), created under Part 1 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, effective 15 February 2010. Website: www.ait.gov.uk/
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AR (Kurd: Not Risk Per Se) Syria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

This decision replaces SY (Kurd - No Political Profile) Syria CG [2005] UKIAT 00039 as country guidance.

7 June 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Proof of nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Syrian Arab Republic - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

AB and DM (Risk Categories Reviewed - Tutsis Added) DRC v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

This guidance was confirmed in NA (Risk Categories - Hema) Democratic Republic of Congo CG [2008] UKAIT 00071.

21 July 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Involuntary repatriation - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tutsis | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

DJ (Bantu - Not Generally at Risk) Somalia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

22 April 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Bantu - Country of origin information (COI) - Forced labour - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Madhiban - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

AL (Azeris and mixed marriages)

21 April 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Azeri - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Armenia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

MA (Iraq - Fayli Kurds) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

28 January 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Involuntary repatriation - Kurd - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Shia | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

JA (Ethnic Palestinian - Iraq - Objective Evidence) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

This decision is no longer country guidance and was replaced by NA (Palestinians - Risk) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2008] UKAIT 00046.

27 January 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

MA and Others (Ethiopia - Mixed Ethnicity - Dual Nationality) Eritrea

Heard on 9 August 2004. This decision is replaced by MA (Disputed Nationality) Ethiopia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKAIT 00032.

22 December 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

NH (Iraq - Yazidis) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

The case is no longer country guidance – see ZQ (Serving Soldier) Iraq CG [2009] UKAIT 00048.

25 November 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Kurd - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

SS (Adan - Sexual Violence - UNHCR Letter) Burundi v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

29 October 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Gender-based persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Women-at-risk | Countries: Burundi - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Secretary of State for the Home Department v. PS (LTTE - Internal Flight - Sufficiency of Protection) Sri Lanka

This determination was updated and superseded by AN & SS (Tamils - Colombo - Risk?) Sri Lanka CG [2008] UKAIT 00063.

28 October 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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