Resource Links
Contents
- Statistics
- UK Asylum Process
- Legislation
- Country Information
- Detention of asylum seekers
- Destitution: extreme poverty of asylum seekers
- Asylum in the media
- Legal advice services
Statistics
ICAR’s statistics on asylum and refugees.
Latest Quarterly Statistics Immigration and Asylum Statistics from UKBA.
The UK Asylum Process
The UK Border Agency’s step-by-step guide to applying for asylum:http
Refugee Council’s basic guide to the asylum process.
Asylum Aid’s simple guide to the asylum process.
UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group’s guide to the asylum process.
Legislation
Immigration Law Practitioner’s Association.
The Refugee Council briefing on Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
Guardian’s A-Z of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
Detention
Bail for Immigration Detainees’ information briefing on detention.
The Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees’ paper on the detention of asylum seekers in the UK.
Human Rights Watch’s report.
Fast-tracked Unfairness: Detention and Denial of Women Asylum Seekers in the UK
Destitution: asylum seekers, refugees and extreme poverty
The Still Human Still Here campaign.
Amnesty’s report on destitution
Down and Out in London: The Road to Destitution for Rejected Asylum Seekers
Church Action on Poverty’s Living Ghosts campaign.
Scottish Refugee Council leaflet
On how destitute asylum seekers can receive help with accommodation and living cost.
ICAR’s briefing on destitution in the UK.
Asylum seekers and refugees in the media
The Guardian’s special report and ongoing coverage of asylum and refugee issues.
Press Wise Trust’s Refugees, asylum seekers and the Media Project.
Legal advice for asylum seekers and refugees.
Community Legal Advice for residents of England and Wales.
Country information
Amnesty International’s library.
An archive of country reports, news releases and urgent actions published from 1996 to date.
Human Rights Watch’s website
Contains a searchable archive of country reports.
The Home Office’s Operational Guidance Notes
Provides a summary of the general, political and human rights situation in each country listed
