Case Law

Heard at Field House on 30 June 2008. The country guidance in AB and DM (Risk Categories Reviewed – Tutsis Added) DRC CG [2005] UKAIT 00118 is confirmed subject to adding that members of the Hema tribe are likely to be treated by the authorities in the DRC in the same way as Tutsis and Rwandans and may be at risk of persecution on return to the Ituri region.

29 September 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Hema - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rwandans - Tutsis | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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 | 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

Date heard: 23 February 2004; Date notified: 18 March 2004.

18 March 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Tutsis | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland