Flight / Unlawful departure

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

14 January 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Rejected asylum-seekers - Transgression of social / cultural norms - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

14 December 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Buddhist - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Safe country of origin - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - China

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/03321/2005; AS/13449/2004).

13 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Kurd - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Unlawful departure | Countries: Syrian Arab Republic - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

18 October 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

25 September 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

This determination replaces the following Country Guidance cases:
- YP (Maintenance - Detention Records) Sri Lanka CG [2003] UKIAT 00145;
- JP (Maintenance – Detention Records) Sri Lanka CG [2003] UKIAT 00142;
- SV (Passport Renewal) Sri Lanka CG [2003] UKIAT 00125;
- VK (Risk - Release - Escapes - LTTE) Sri Lanka CG [2003] UKIAT 00096;
- TK (Ceasefire - Negotiations) Sri Lanka CG [2003] UKIAT 00026;
- VS (Risk - LTTE - Escape) Sri Lanka CG [2003] UKIAT 00003;
- AE FE (PTSD - Internal Relocation) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 05237;
- DA (Risk - Return - Reporting Restrictions) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 04729;
- IS (Risk - Conviction - Fine Paid - Release) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 04230;
- TJ (Risk - Returns) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 01869;
- CB (Detailed Appraisal) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 01547; and
- PT (Medical Report - Analysis) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 01336.
The risk categories were subsequently confirmed by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in TK (Tamils - LP Updated) Sri Lanka CG [2009] UKAIT 00049.

6 August 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) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Pre-trial detention - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil - Travel documents - Unlawful departure | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

26 June 2007 | 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) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

14 June 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Standard of proof - Unlawful departure - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

18 April 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Conflict situation - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Extrajudicial executions - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

April 2007 | Publisher: Danish Immigration Service | Document type: Fact Finding Reports