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UNHCR Comments on the Draft Law on Asylum in the Republic of Albania
October 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation |
UNHCR Comments on the Draft Law on Citizenship in the Republic of Albania
October 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation |
UNHCR Submission on Albania: 33rd UPR Session
May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries |
BF (Tirana – gay men) Albania [2019] UKUT 0093 (IAC)
Whether there is a sufficiency of protection from harm by the state for the appellant in his home area in Albania and if not whether there is protection available for him in Tirana or elsewhere. If it is, whether it is reasonably open to the appellant to relocate to Tirana (or elsewhere) in the light of his sexual orientation as a gay man. 26 March 2019 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Campaign Update, October – December 2018
December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
ES (s82 NIA 2002; negative NRM) Albania [2018] UKUT 00335 (IAC)
1. Following the amendment to s 82 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ('the 2002 Act'), effective from 20 October 2014, a previous decision made by the Competent Authority within the National Referral Mechanism (made on the balance of probabilities) is not of primary relevance to the determination of an asylum appeal, despite the decisions of the Court of Appeal in AS (Afghanistan) v SSHD [2013] EWCA Civ 1469 and SSHD v MS (Pakistan) [2018] EWCA Civ 594. 2. The correct approach to determining whether a person claiming to be a victim of trafficking is entitled to asylum is to consider all the evidence in the round as at the date of hearing, applying the lower standard of proof. 3. Since 20 October 2014, there is also no right of appeal on the basis that a decision is not in accordance with the law and the grounds of appeal are limited to those set out in the amended s 82 of the 2002 Act. 29 October 2018 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Social group persecution - Standard of proof - Trafficking in persons | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Campaign Update, July – September 2018
October 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
Country Policy and Information Note Albania: Blood feuds
October 2018 | Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office | Document type: Country Reports |
2017 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Albania
20 September 2018 | Publisher: United States Department of Labor | Document type: Annual Reports |
Country Reports on Terrorism 2017 - Albania
19 September 2018 | Publisher: United States Department of State | Document type: Annual Reports |