Heard at Procession House on 27 & 28 October 2009. The risk categories identified in LP (LTTE area - Tamils - Colombo - Risk?) Sri Lanka CG [2007] UKAIT 00076 and approved by the European Court of Human Rights in NA v. United Kingdom, App. no. 25904/07, remain valid.
11 December 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Combatants / Former combatants - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life - Single heads of household - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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