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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 The implementation of AIT in 2005, superseded the former Immigration Appellent Authority (IAA).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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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 | 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 - 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

EG (Post-Hearing Internet Research) Nigeria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Heard at Field House on 29 January 2008.

26 February 2008 | 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) | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Secretary of State for the Home Department v. Nigerian Minor (HX/27501/03)

Date of Hearing: 5 January 2005; Date Determination notified: 26 January 2005.

26 January 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Social group persecution | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

WO (Ogboni Cult) Nigeria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

30 September 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

JO (Internal Relocation - No Risk of Re-Trafficking) Nigeria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Date of Hearing: 18 June 2004.

10 September 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Social group persecution - Trafficking in persons | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

KO (Article 8 - Deportation - Kehinde) Nigeria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

14 January 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Right to family life - Travel documents | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

PI (Relocation - Osu-Igbo - Christian) Nigeria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

8 October 2002 | 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) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

CO (Sufficiency of Protection - Internal Relocation) Nigeria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

25 September 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

DJ (Muslim - Chistian Conflict - Medical Evidence) Nigeria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

16 August 2002 | 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) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Mental health - Right to family life | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Secretary of State for the Home Department v. BL (Ogboni Cult - Protection - Relocation) Nigeria

28 May 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - State protection | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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