Urgent injunction sought to halt Rwanda refugee flights
We have applied for an urgent interim injunction to stop the government flying refugees to Rwanda until their application for judicial review can be heard.
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Resources
Response to Ministry of Justice Consultation 'Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights'
The government is seeking to introduce a Bill of Rights that would significantly reduce the protections afforded to certain groups, including refugees and survivors of trafficking. The government’s proposals will not only harm the most marginalised but will undermine the human rights protections available to us all.
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Asylum Aid Highly Commended by the LawWorks Annual Pro Bono Awards 2021
Asylum Aid's Statelessness Pro Bono partnership with a network of 12 global law firms has been recognised by the LawWorks Annual Pro Bono Awards under the category of Most Effective Pro Bono Partnership.
The LawWorks commented:
"The project exemplifies an effective pro bono partnership between an NGO and law firms (which compete vigorously for billable work) to address a complex issue, inspiring other collaborative pro bono in the UK.”
Asylum Aid's Statelessness Pro Bono Project Wins The Law Society's Excellence in Pro Bono Award
We were delighted to hear that Asylum Aid's Pro Bono project, bringing together a collaborative network of city law firms to work on complex Statelessness cases won The Law Society's award for Excellence in Pro Bono this year.
The group consists of 12 global law firms: Akin Gump, Ashurst, Cooley, Dentons, Freshfields, Latham & Watkins, Morrison & Foerster, O'Melveny, Orrick, Reed Smith, Skadden and White & Case.
Legal Aid for immigration and asylum appeals under the online procedure
We put together a response to the Ministry of Justice's call for evidence on Legal Aid and asylum appeals under the online procedure.
Download the report below to read the evidence we provided.
Does the UK Adequately Protect People Seeking Asylum based on Risk of Persecution relating to Sexual or Gender Identity or Expression?
This policy briefing addresses issues relating to asylum applications in the UK by persons who fear persecution relating to their sexual or gender identity or expression.
People who do not comply with sexual or gender identity or expression (SOGIE) norms continue to face persecution in many parts of the world:
Asylum Aid Annual Report 2020
At the beginning of 2020 Asylum Aid were part of Consonant, a charity for whom the challenges of the coronavirus public health pandemic proved a hurdle too far. But as a charity with a strong reputation for excellent legal representation and policy work, built over 30 years following its creation in 1985, Asylum Aid was an organisation that the sector could not afford to lose.
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Information for HER Legal Representative
A leaflet created by the Protection Gap Advocates for legal representatives.
As Protection Gap Advocates we are a diverse group of women who have all had our own experience of the asylum process.
We want to make a difference for other women seeking asylum and are working to improve the asylum experience for them.
We believe that lawyers can help their women clients by giving them the following information. We are aware many lawyers already do this but we hope this will serve as a helpful reminder.
Mapping Statelessness in the United Kingdom
The research maps the number and profile of stateless persons in the UK and puts a human face on their situation. It also examines the UK’s legal obligations to stateless persons under international law and analyses the impact of current policy and practice. Based on these findings the report makes recommendations for improvement. While the work owes a debt to previous studies, this is the first time that this hidden issue has been subject to such comprehensive quantitative and qualitative research.
Relocation, relocation: the impact of internal relocation on women asylum seekers
This research project exploire the legal principle of internal relocation and assesses its application and impact on women asylum seekers who have experienced gender based persecution. This report discusses key issues regarding the use and application of internal relocation and women's access to international protection. The research analysed how legal representatives believe internal relocation is being applied to many women's asylum claims.
The analysis hilighted worrying trends that legal representatives identified including:
Getting Gender on the Agenda
This is a collection of personal reflections from Deborah Singer MBE about the Women's Project at Asylum Aid.
When the Women's Project suggested providing childcare during asylum interviews, the Home Office laughed. Now they provide childcare across the UK.
When we suggested female asylum seekers be automatically allocated female interviewers for their asylum interviews, the Home Office said this was operationally impossible. Now they tell us that their pilot in Glasgow proved very successful.