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 The implementation of AIT in 2005, superseded the former Immigration Appellent Authority (IAA).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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SA and IA (Undocumented Kurds) Syria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Bradford on 10-11 November 2008. 2 February 2009 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Human rights activists - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Statelessness - Unlawful departure \| Countries: Syrian Arab Republic - 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 (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
HM (Policy Concessions not Convention Recognition) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 12 December 2006 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Complementary forms of protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - International protection - Kurd \| Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
AR (Kurd: Not Risk Per Se) Syria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department This decision replaces SY (Kurd - No Political Profile) Syria CG [2005] UKIAT 00039 as country guidance. 7 June 2006 \| 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) - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Proof of nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution \| Countries: Syrian Arab Republic - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SM and Others (Kurds - Protection - Relocation) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Date of hearing: 29/30 March 2005 and 1 April 2005. The guidance regarding relocation of a Kurd from the KRG to central or southern Iraq was subsequently confirmed by SI (Expert Evidence - Kurd - SM Confirmed) Iraq CG [2008] UKAIT 00094. 29 June 2005 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Kurd \| Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SY (Kurd - No Political Profile) Syria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House on 4 January 2005; Date Determination notified: 15 February 2005. 15 February 2005 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Kurd \| Countries: Syrian Arab Republic - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
MA (Iraq - Fayli Kurds) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 28 January 2005 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Involuntary repatriation - Kurd - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Shia \| Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
NH (Iraq - Yazidis) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department The case is no longer country guidance see ZQ (Serving Soldier) Iraq CG [2009] UKAIT 00048. 25 November 2004 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Kurd - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) \| Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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