In some cases, the Home Office will not be able to issue an asylum registration card, see Application registration card.

Temporary admission is notice of a liability to be detained. It is given to asylum seekers applying for asylum at the port of entry who the Home Office does not put into detention. Those granted tempo [..]

It has known security flaws

An age-disputed child is an asylum applicant whose claimed date of birth is not accepted by the Home Office and/or by the local authority who have been approached to provide support. This term is usua [..]

Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) states that ‘No one shall be subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment’. A person can make a claim for protection [..]

Article 8 of the ECHR states that “Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence”. Article 8 issues may be raised as part of an asylum application, [..]

Article 31 of the 1951 Refugee Convention prohibits states from penalising a refugee for illegal entry when the purpose of their entry is to claim asylum.

An asylum seeker is someone who has lodged an application for protection on the basis of the Refugee Convention or Article 3 of the ECHR.

The first tier Asylum and Immigration Tribunal

The asylum screening unit  in Croydon is the entry point into the asylum system. It is here that in-country asylum seekers make their initial asylum claims and where immigration officers conduct scree [..]