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You can apply for asylum or humanitarian protection claim in the UK if your fear persecution or ill-treatment in your country of nationality.
You can apply for asylum or humanitarian protection claim in the UK if your fear persecution or ill-treatment in your country of nationality.
A person who fears persecution in his country of origin due to one of the reasons given in the Refugee Convention can apply for asylum in the UK and the successful applicant will be granted refugee status in the UK. A person who cannot qualify for refugee status in an asylum claim can still qualify for Humanitarian Protection due to need for protection from ill-treatment and torture in his country of origin.
Our expert team of immigration solicitors can provide legal help and assistance with all matters involving asylum, humanitarian protection, discretionary leave as a result of failed asylum claim, fresh asylum claim and family reunion etc.
Asylum is protection given by a country to someone who is fleeing persecution in their own country. It is given under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.
To be recognised as a refugee, you must have left your country and be unable to go back because you have a well-founded fear of persecution. A person whose asylum claim is accepted and who is resultantly granted refugee status is granted initial leave to remain as a refugee for 5 years.
An application for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) can be made in the UK as a refugee one month prior to the expiry of 5 years leave to remain as a refugee.
According to Immigration Rules, an asylum applicant will be granted asylum in the United Kingdom if the Secretary of State is satisfied that
A person may have a well-founded fear of being persecuted or a real risk of suffering serious harm based on events which have taken place since the person left the country of origin or country of return and/or activates which have been engaged in by a person since he left the country of origin or country of return, in particular where it is established that the activities relied upon constitute the expression and continuation of convictions or orientations held in the country of origin or country of return.
Unaccompanied children may also apply for asylum and, in view of their potential vulnerability, particular priority and care is given by the Home Office to the handling of their cases. Although person of any age may qualify for refugee status under the Convention and the criteria in paragraph for grant of asylum as laid in the Immigration Rules apply equally to all cases.
However, account is taken of the applicant’s maturity and in assessing the claim of a child more weight is given to objective indications of risk than to the child’s state of mind and understanding of his situation. An asylum application made on behalf of a child should not be refused solely because the child is too young to understand his situation or to have formed a well-founded fear of persecution. Close attention should be given to the welfare of the child at all times.
Any child over the age of 12 who has claimed asylum in his own right is interviewed by the Home Office Immigration Officer about the substance of his claim unless the child is unfit or unable to be interviewed.
When an interview takes place it is conducted in the presence of a parent, guardian, representative or another adult independent of the Secretary of State who has responsibility for the child. The interviewer is required to have specialist training in the interviewing of children and have particular regard to the possibility that a child will feel inhibited or alarmed. The child shall be allowed to express himself in his own way and at his own speed. If he appears tired or distressed, the interview shall be stopped.
The immigration solicitors at Sunrise Solicitors are experts in dealing with asylum claims in the UK. The quality of our service is self-evident from clients’ reviews about the service provided by our immigration lawyers.
You can contact us if you are seeking legal help from immigration lawyers in London in relation to your asylum application and our immigration solicitors will provide you fast, friendly, reliable and professional immigration service.
If instructed to represent you regarding your asylum application, the casework to be carried our by our immigration solicitors will include the following:
As specialist immigration lawyers, we pride in having one of the best team of specialist immigration solicitors and lawyers with wealth of knowledge and experience to deal with all types of UK immigration matters. Our top rated immigration lawyers have successfully helped thousands of clients with all types of UK immigration applications, appeals, Administrative Review, Pre-Action Protocol (PAP) and Judicial Review (JR).
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