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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 The implementation of AIT in 2005, superseded the former Immigration Appellent Authority (IAA).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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ZQ (Serving Soldier) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Birmingham, 10 June 2008 and Field House, 23 January 2009. NH (Iraq-Yazidis) Iraq CG [2004] UKIAT 00306 is no longer to be followed.

2 December 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Combatants / Former combatants - Country of origin information (COI) - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to life - Security situation - War crimes - Yazīdī | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

SR (Iraqi Arab Christian: Relocation to KRG) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Field House on 6 November 2008.

31 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - 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 - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

SI (Expert Evidence - Kurd - SM Confirmed) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Glasgow (Eagle Building) on 7 May 2008. The guidance in SM and Others (Kurds - Protection - Relocation) Iraq CG [2005] UKIAT 00111 regarding relocation of a Kurd from the KRG to central or southern Iraq is confirmed.

15 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Blood feuds - Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Honour killings - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Kurd | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

KH (Reconsideration: Process in Scotland) Iraq v. Entry Clearance Officer, Aman

Heard at Glasgow on 11 September 2008.

22 October 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

HH (Criminal Record - Deportation: "war zone") v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Field House on 28 January – 1 February 2008.

11 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Conflict situation - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) - Illegal entry - Security situation - Visas | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

NA (Palestinians - Risk) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Kings Court, North Shields, on 13 November 2007. JA (Ethnic Palestinian - Iraq - Objective Evidence) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2005] UKIAT 00045 is no longer to be considered country guidance.

14 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Single heads of household - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

KH (Article 15(c) Qualification Directive) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Field House on 28 January - 1 February 2008.

25 March 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arabs - Complementary forms of protection - Conflict situation - Country of origin information (COI) - EU Qualification Directive - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Gender-based persecution - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Kurd - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

HA (WCPI - IMIK - KRG) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

This determination supersedes DH (Risk - IMIK - KAA) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2002] UKIAT 05099, but does not consider issues relating to the WCPI or IMIK outside the KRG.

23 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

SM (Entry Clearance Application in Jordan - Proportionality) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

7 September 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Involuntary repatriation - Pre-entry procedures - Right to family life | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

NS (Iraq: Perceived Collaborator: Relocation) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

11 April 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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