Asylum

The number of asylum seekers appealing against a rejected asylum application has risen almost sixfold in two years, according to analysis by the Refugee Council charity. The latest official statistics show a fivefold increase in the number of asylum claims waiting for an appeal hearing. Statistics f

The UK has temporarily paused the processing of asylum applications from Syrians following the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule over the country. In line with the approach taken by a number of other European countries, the Home Office said it had "temporarily paused decisions on Syrian asylum claims wh

A Malawian woman who was refused a human rights visa after separating from her abusive husband who initially sponsored her application has successfully had a decision that her claim was unfounded reduced by a Lord Ordinary. The petitioner sought reduction of a decision of the Secretary of State for

A Palestinian citizen of Israel is to be granted asylum in the UK on the basis that he has a well-founded fear of persecution if returned to Israel. The decision in respect of the 24-year-old, dubbed 'Hasan' by his lawyers as his real identity cannot be disclosed for his own protection, came less th

Allowing asylum seekers the right to work could help them settle into communities better while boosting Scotland’s economy and workforce, according to the Scottish government. Research by the government’s independent Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population sets out how enabling

Children are still being detained at Dungavel immigration centre – despite the practice having been banned in 2010. Twenty-five young people have been detained in the centre since 2010, The Scotsman reports.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman acted unlawfully by failing to offer basic support to asylum seekers, including pregnant women and young children, a judge in the High Court has ruled. She must now enact changes that will benefit thousands of asylum seekers following the successful legal challenge by

Asylum seekers from a “green list” of countries such as Afghanistan and Syria should get the right to work in the UK as soon they make their claim, a think-tank has proposed. Rather than treating all asylum seekers the same from the perspective of their right to work in the UK, the Socia

There will be more support for unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children arriving in Scotland, following the introduction of a new statutory guardianship service. The Scottish government has provided £1 million for the Guardianship Scotland service in 2022-23, and a further £1

A Trump-era policy forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed in the US must be reinstated following a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). The top court refused to grant the Biden administration a stay on a district court injunction pending app

When news broke in June that a Sudanese asylum seeker had been shot dead after stabbing six people in a Glasgow hotel there was an immediate public outcry. How, people wanted to know, could a system that is supposed to protect the vulnerable have allowed a man with obvious mental health difficulties

An application for appeal against the Inner House's judgment in the Serco lock eviction case is to be made this week. Mike Dailly, principal of Govan Law Centre, said in his column for the Evening Times that he will lodge an application seeking permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.

The implications of Brexit for asylum policy and for vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in Europe have been highlighted in a new Lords committee report. The most significant implication of UK withdrawal from the EU’s Dublin System – which determines responsibility for asylum applicat

More than 30 organisations working with migrants and refugees have written to the new Home Secretary, Priti Patel, to raise a number of pressing issues "which require action if the immigration and asylum system is to regain the trust of the public". The letter, whose signatories include representati

The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has been granted leave to intervene in the continuing legal challenge to the “serious human rights implications” of Serco's lock-change policy. The private accommodation provider began its mass eviction policy of up to 300 people in Glasgo