Asylum Law and Practice

The substantive law and practice surrounding the legal representation of those seeking to remain in the UK as refugees, or whose removal would otherwise breach their human rights, is one of the fastest growing areas that confronts the practitioner. This book is devoted exclusively to those subjects. The statutory framework which governs asylum has been the subject of wholesale change following enactment of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. This reference deals with the implications of the new statutory framework for the presentation of applications and appeals, and gives a full exposition of the interpretation of the Articles of the Refugee Convention in UK law. It draws together decisions of the higher courts and the largely unreported determinations of the IAT, and places them in the broader context of decision making in the English speaking jurisdictions abroad: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA. There is also detailed coverage of the asylum consequences of the ECHR. The book further provides guidance on drafting grounds of appeal, and procedure before adjudicators and the IAT.