1. I provide country reports for the courts
After a 4 to 6 year wait, approx 75% of people seeking asylum will be given temporary leave to remain as they are found to be genuinely at risk of persecution in their home country
This might be because they are from a war zone, or…
After a 4 to 6 year wait, approx 75% of people seeking asylum will be given temporary leave to remain as they are found to be genuinely at risk of persecution in their home country
This might be because they are from a war zone, or…
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2. … because they have certain political or religious beliefs, or they are disabled, LGBT*, or have a mental health condition.
When writing a country report I read the statements the asylum seeker has provided to the home office.
I then read …
When writing a country report I read the statements the asylum seeker has provided to the home office.
I then read …
3. …. The HO assessment, then newspapers local to the country, national & local government documents, get reports from lawyers on the ground & anything else I can get my hands on.
I set out to show objectively what would happen to the particular person if returned. I ask…
I set out to show objectively what would happen to the particular person if returned. I ask…
4. … could they go to another part of that country & be safe, & whether or not they will be allowed to work.
Sometimes I write
“This person (TP) is unlikely to leave the airport & their body may never be found”, or I say
“TP has an illness that will lead to them being…
Sometimes I write
“This person (TP) is unlikely to leave the airport & their body may never be found”, or I say
“TP has an illness that will lead to them being…
5. … “targeted & killed by members of their community, even their family” or
“TP will not be allowed to be economically active, & within a few weeks will be destitute, & in 6 months probably be dead from malnutrition, physical or sexual abuse, and/or torture by the state” …
“TP will not be allowed to be economically active, & within a few weeks will be destitute, & in 6 months probably be dead from malnutrition, physical or sexual abuse, and/or torture by the state” …
6. … In 23 years, after reading the Home office documents I have only once said “No, I can see no basis for a claim”
After doing the research I have only once said
“whilst life will be difficult if TP is returned, I believe those difficulties will be nothing more …
After doing the research I have only once said
“whilst life will be difficult if TP is returned, I believe those difficulties will be nothing more …
7. … “than the ordinary travails of life, in what are the usual (though very difficult) circumstances in which many people find themselves in that country”
No one makes the journeys people seeking asylum take without very good reason.
The rhetoric distorts.
There is a …
No one makes the journeys people seeking asylum take without very good reason.
The rhetoric distorts.
There is a …
8. … solution.
After 6 to 12 months in a hostel, & an initial evaluation, provide basic accommodation for a further 6 to 12 months & Let them work, pay their own way, pay taxation, etc.
That way if they are found not to have a valid claim we will have their details, find …
After 6 to 12 months in a hostel, & an initial evaluation, provide basic accommodation for a further 6 to 12 months & Let them work, pay their own way, pay taxation, etc.
That way if they are found not to have a valid claim we will have their details, find …
9. … them & return them
We could offer a voluntary repatriation scheme, incl. free flight & a small sum of money
Many of the 25% failed asylum seekers would take that rather than face a yr in s detention centre.
Just an idea for a solutions but remember 9/10 people…
We could offer a voluntary repatriation scheme, incl. free flight & a small sum of money
Many of the 25% failed asylum seekers would take that rather than face a yr in s detention centre.
Just an idea for a solutions but remember 9/10 people…
10. … who immigrate into the UK come as invited workers (without whom care homes. & the NHS would collapse), family dependants (kids or the elderly), & students (without whom our Uni system would collapse).
They are required to be completely financially independent. …
They are required to be completely financially independent. …
11. People seeking asylum must have no money £0 before they receive £49.18 voucher weekly to pay for food, toiletries etc. Shopd cannot give change as cash if the voucher is not completely spent.
If they are in hostel/hotel & receive breakfast £3/day is taken to pay for …
If they are in hostel/hotel & receive breakfast £3/day is taken to pay for …
13. … 1/2pt milk, a mini box of cereal & a tea bag.
Economic migration is 99% right wing rhetoric, & has no bearing on the reality for most people seeking asylum
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Economic migration is 99% right wing rhetoric, & has no bearing on the reality for most people seeking asylum
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