UK: Interim Guidance on Age Assessment Following Latest Judgment*
The Home Office has issued interim guidance on age assessment of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, following a successful challenge of its policy in the case of BF (Eritrea) before the Court of Appeal. In its ruling of 23 May 2019, the Court of Appeal held that...
UK: Scheme to Transfer Unaccompanied Children from Camps in France Ending
According to charities in the UK and France, the ‘Dubs scheme’, which brings vulnerable unaccompanied refugee children in France to the UK, is coming to an end. Many children in vulnerable situations in places such as Calais and Dunkirk have come through the scheme to...
UK: Whistleblowers Allege Chaos and Violations of the Rights of Asylum Seekers in UK Home Office
Whistleblowers within the UK Home Office allege caseworkers in the Dublin Cessation Team (DCT) are “overworked, under-skilled, bullied and highly stressed” and that this is leading to unlawful immigration detention and long delays in decision making. The Dublin...