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Chapter 13 | Appeals: Processes and Outcomes Basis Upon Which Appeals Were Allowed: May 2004 See footnotes on page 172 NUMBER ALLOWED COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN NUMBER HEARD Male Female Total REFUGEE CONVENTION/ECHR REASON Iraq 21 1 0 1 imputed political opinion Somalia 19 4 7 11 ethnic origin (10); religion (1) Afghanistan 12 1 0 1 imputed political opinion Iran 11 1 1 2 political opinion Serbia 10 7 1 0 1 ethnic origin Angola 4 1 0 1 human rights DRC 11 3 0 0 0 Vietnam 3 0 0 0 Algeria 2 1 0 1 political opinion Cameroon 2 0 0 0 Eritrea 2 1 0 1 imputed political opinion Ethiopia 2 0 0 0 Guinea 2 0 0 India 2 0 0 0 Liberia 2 0 1 1 social group (trafficked) Sierra Leone 2 0 0 0 Uganda 2 1 0 1 religion/political opinion Albania 1 0 0 0 Belarus 1 0 0 0 Bhutan 1 1 0 1 political opinion Burundi 1 0 0 0 Chad 1 0 0 0 Colombia 1 0 0 0 Côte d’Ivoire 1 0 0 0 Georgia 1 0 0 0 Nigeria 1 0 0 0 Pakistan 1 0 0 0 Rwanda 1 1 0 1 ethnic origin Stateless (Bidoon) 1 1 0 1 ethnic origin Turkey 1 1 0 1 political opinion Zimbabwe 1 0 0 0 Unknown 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 113 16 9 25 Hosted by www.ijjo.org 171
Basis Upon Which Appeals Were Allowed: October 2004 See footnotes below NUMBER ALLOWED COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN NUMBER HEARD Male Female Total REFUGEE CONVENTION/ECHR REASON SEEKING ASYLUM ALONE | UNITED KINGDOM 172 Afghanistan 15 0 0 0 Serbia 12 13 0 0 0 Iraq 8 0 0 0 Somalia 8 3 2 5 ethnic origin; human rights (1f) Ethiopia 7 0 0 0 Eritrea 4 2 0 2 ethnic origin (1); imputed political opinion (1) Turkey 4 1 0 1 imputed political opinion Guinea 3 0 0 0 Sri Lanka 3 0 0 0 China 2 0 0 0 DRC 13 2 0 1 1 imputed political opinion Iran 2 0 0 0 Sierra Leone 2 0 0 0 Sudan 2 0 0 0 Albania 1 0 0 0 Angola 1 0 0 0 Lebanon 1 0 0 0 Liberia 1 0 0 0 Nigeria 1 0 0 0 Pakistan 1 0 0 0 Vietnam 1 0 0 0 Zimbabwe 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 83 6 3 9 Footnotes for Preceding Charts: Basis Upon Which Appeals Were Allowed: February, May and October 2004 1 Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo). 2 Jehovah’s Witness. 3 Democratic Republic of Congo. 4 One parent from Ethiopia and one from Eritrea. 5 Young woman; trafficking the manifestation of persecution. 6 Member of Bakongo tribe. 7 Where family were political and he was perceived as being political. 8 FGM and forced marriage. 9 Persecution of Mungki sect. 10 Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo). 11 Democratic Republic of Congo. 12 Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo). 13 Democratic Republic of Congo. Hosted by www.ijjo.org
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Unaccompanied and Separated Childre
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS Jacqueline Bhabha
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Manchester City Council; Sue Fisher
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Contents Chapter 1 | 9 Chapter 5 |
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SEEKING ASYLUM ALONE | UNITED KINGD
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Arriving in the U.K. 6 The Immigrat
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ers often believe that although a p
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fear of certain groups in society t
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that unaccompanied minor children f
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It then added that “although chil
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2004 it rose to 8.8%. This was at a
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2.3 Countries of Origin Unaccompani
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Recommendations ■ 1. If the U.K.
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There was no comparable age differe
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2.7 Private Fostering Arrangements
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Endnotes 9 Statistics published by
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unfounded, thus depriving this subs
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Bill in Parliament which would have
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of someone who might be an unaccomp
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It is clear that the Rules are a po
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subsequently abducted by their form
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“G” was a 16-year-old Christian
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■ 4. Article 4 of the European Co
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17 A multi-agency task force establ
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of the asylum determination process
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as a group around the claimant laug
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with as being hostile. Nor did they
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purposes. 38 The Immigration and Na
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or local authority social services
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als from age disputed children deta
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and February 2005 when 75% of those
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accommodation which is separated fr
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e safe to let the child go and live
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case, that adult is advised to info
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The official justification for thes
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Asylum Support Team has a case load
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days and a second review after thre
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provides access to rehabilitation a
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who the child must try to relate to
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adult in their life to speak on the
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8.3 Role of a Legal Guardian rights
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asylum application and monitor the
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do once I got to London. The pictur
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Some social services departments do
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■ 5. The screening interview shou
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eturn to a country requiring servic
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■ 6. The syllabus for the Accredi
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this research believe that it is no
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A recent White Paper 13 states that
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an important and distinct role to p
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for Determining Refugee Status. 30
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