United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/06351/2006).

12 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Sudan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. Preliminary questions.

10 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Sudan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 9 November and 18 December 2007. This guidance supersedes that in FK (FGM – Risk and Relocation) Kenya v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2007] UKAIT 00041.

9 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Kikuyu - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Kenya - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petition for judicial review.

30 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Forced marriage - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal: MJ and ZM (Ahmadis - Risk) Pakistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2008] UKAIT 00033.

22 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

22 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Mental health - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Women-at-risk | Countries: Uganda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

Application for permission to appeal of a decision by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AS/16403/2006).

29 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Kenya - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/04987/2005).

8 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Türkiye - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 15 November and 19 December 2007. The Court of Appeal affirmed, subsequently, the "country guidance" status of the determination: Secretary of State for the Home Department v. IA (Pakistan) [2008] EWCA Civ 580.

4 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Freedom of religion - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Prosecution vs persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland