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30 January 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Proof of nationality | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe
On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/03321/2005; AS/13449/2004).
13 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Kurd - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Unlawful departure | Countries: Syrian Arab Republic - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Hearing date: 11 July 2007. On appeal from the Crown Court at Croydon.
16 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Illegal entry - Passports - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Somalia - 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
Hearing dates : 21 and 22 May 2007. This is an appeal against a decision of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal promulgated on 9 October 2006.
31 July 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Passports - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness - Well-founded fear of persecution - Withdrawal of nationality | Countries: Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
28 June 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Burden of proof - Cessation clauses - Passports | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
23 May 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Muslim - Passports - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Uzbekistan
2 February 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses
14 November 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses
The House of Lords allowed a subsequent appeal: R v. Asfaw [2008] UKHL 31.
21 March 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Criminal justice - Passports - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland