Resources
Asylum Aid Highly Commended by the LawWorks Annual Pro Bono Awards 2021
Asylum Aid's Statelessness Pro Bono Project Wins The Law Society's Excellence in Pro Bono Award
Legal Aid for immigration and asylum appeals under the online procedure
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:
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.
Through her Eyes: Enabling women’s best evidence in UK asylum appeals
When women flee human rights abuses and seek protection in another country, they are dependent on an asylum process that may not take account of their experiences as women. This research, conducted by NatCen Social Research and Asylum Aid, seeks to address the evidence gap in terms of understanding the factors underpinning the overturn of women's asylum refusals on appeal. The study involved interviews with women and a range of stakeholders, including support organisations, legal representatives and First-Tier Tribunal judges. In addition, a range of case files were analysed.
"I feel like as a woman I'm not welcome." A gender analysis of UK asylum law, policy and practice
This is the first comprehensive gender analysis of the asylum system in the UK. It seeks to assess all aspects of claiming asylum in the UK from a gender perspective including decision making, the asylum procedure, and reception and detention conditions. As women have constituted one third of all main asylum applicants since 2003, failing to take into account gender issues can have a significant impacts on the consideration of women's asylum claims and the treatment of women asylum seekers.
Falling at Each Hurdle: Assessing the Credibility of Women’s Asylum Claims
In 2014 Asylum Aid conducted research on credibility in asylum claims, published in Gender and Refugee Law.
The key reason why women are refused asylum is because they are not believed. The assessment of credibility plays a central role in the determination of an asylum applicant’s needs for international protection.
Gender related asylum claims in Europe
Unsustainable: research on initial decisions
From Us to You
We are the Protection Gap Advocates.
We are women who have been through the asylum system.
We have made a video explaining some things you should know before your asylum interview.