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United Kingdom

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Key definition

Asylum definition

What does Asylum mean? In legal practice, asylum is the process by which a person seeks refugee status and protection against removal to a country where they face persecution for a Refugee Convention reason. In the UK, an “asylum claim” is defined by statute (section 113, Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002) as a claim that removal would breach the UK’s obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol. The Home Office determines such claims under the Immigration Rules; if accepted, the person is recognised as a refugee and granted limited leave, family reunion and eligibility for a Convention travel document....

Age disputes in immigration and asylum: Merton-compliant assessments, NAAB, scientific methods, and judicial review (England and Wales)

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Practice notes

Undocumented migrants claiming to be Children

While this Practice Note is not confined to unaccompanied Asylum-seeking (UAS) children, they are the cohort a practitioner will most commonly encounter routinely in practice.

Other situations that a practitioner may meet include the following:

where a child is deserted yet makes no asylum claim at all; or
where the age of a dependent child of an asylum seeker is in question

Reaching an incorrect conclusion about a young person’s age is a serious matter with significant consequences...

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Bronwen Jones

Goldsmith Chambers

Bronwen specialises in asylum and immigration and children family law.In family law, Bronwen acts in cases concerning the care and safeguarding of children, applications under the Family Law Act 1986 and 1996, and matters concerning the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court. In private children law, she has experience of contested applications for temporary removal from the jurisdiction; jurisdictional disputes pursuant to BIIR; proceedings under the Hague Convention; fact-finding hearings; shared care arrangements; multi-party proceedings; and s. 10 applications for leave to apply for s. 8 orders, including in the context of post-adoption contact. Her experience in public law proceedings includes interim and final contested hearings for public law orders; s. 34(3) and (4) applications; secure accommodation; s. 8 and special guardianship orders as outcomes to care proceedings; private adoption; and application for permission to apply for the revocation of a...

Sarah Pinder

Goldsmith Chambers

• Sarah practises in public law with particular expertise in immigration and asylum. Sarah is also developing her practice in community care, social welfare, mental health and capacity law and continues to practice in family law representing in children cases. She has been recommended as a Leading Barrister in Band 4 in immigration law by the Legal 500. In the 2020 edition, Sarah is described as having ‘a very effective, calm and considered approach in advocacy, an attribute which is often well-received by judges.’ She has been previously recommended for being ‘a real rising star’ and ‘an excellent advocate with a high success rate because of her aptitude and preparation’, whose ‘standout qualities are how approachable, level-headed, smart and patient she is’.• Sarah is ranked in the Legal 500 2021 edition Immigration, (Tier 4 – Leading Juniors) ‘Her level of knowledge and practical know-how in...

Miranda Butler

Landmark Chambers

Miranda Butler is a barrister specialising in public law, human rights, and immigration. She is ranked in the directories for public law and immigration. In 2013-2014 Miranda was the judicial assistance to Lord Kerr in the Supreme Court. In 2023 she was shortlisted for Immigration Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 Awards and in 2024 as Junior Barrister of the Year at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards. Miranda is a Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge in the Immigration Tribunal and is one of the youngest practitioners ever to be appointed to this position. ...

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