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PO (Trafficked Women) Nigeria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Field House on 6 November 2008, 7 January 2009 and on 13 January 2009. The decision was subsequently appealed before the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): PO (Nigeria) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 132.

23 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | 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 - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Right to family life - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

MK (Lesbians) Albania v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Field House on 24, 25 and 26 September 2008, and 26 November 2008.

9 September 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Forced marriage - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - SGBV - Sexual and reproductive rights - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

HC & RC (Trafficked Women) China v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Field House on 11 November 2008.

18 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Forced labour - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - SGBV - Sexual and reproductive rights - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Unlawful departure - Women's rights - Women-at-risk | Countries: China - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

OY (Chechen Muslim Women) Russia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Field House on 2 October 2008.

22 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Chechen - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Women-at-risk | Countries: Russian Federation - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

FB (Lone Women - PSG - Internal Relocation - AA (Uganda) Considered) Sierra Leone v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at: Field House on 19 June and 23 July 2008.

27 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Harmful traditional practices - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

VM (FGM - Risks - Mungiki - Kikuyu/Gikuyu) Kenya v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Field House on 9 November and 18 December 2007. This guidance supersedes that in FK (FGM – Risk and Relocation) Kenya v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2007] UKAIT 00041.

9 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Kikuyu - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Kenya - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

HH & Others (Mogadishu: Armed Conflict: Risk) Somalia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Field House on 19 to 22 November 2007. This determination supersedes FK (Shekal Ghandershe) Somalia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2004] UKIAT 00127 and AA (Risk – Geledi - Benadiri Clan) Somalia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] UKIAT 05720. This determination was superseded by AM & AM (Armed Conflict: Risk Categories) Somalia CG [2008] UKAIT 00091.

28 January 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - EU Qualification Directive - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

SB (PSG - Protection Regulations - Reg 6) Moldova v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Hatton Cross on 25-26 April 2007.

26 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Gender discrimination - SGBV - Social group persecution - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Moldova, Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

FM (FGM) Sudan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

27 June 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to family life - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Sudan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

FK (FGM - Risk and Relocation ) Kenya v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

This guidance was superseded by VM (FGM - Risks - Mungiki - Kikuyu/Gikuyu) Kenya v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2008] UKAIT 00049.

4 April 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Harmful traditional practices - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Kenya - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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