Background The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 is a law in the UK which came into force on 25 April 2024. The law states that decision makers must conclusively treat Rwanda as a safe country. The law does not allow for a decision to be challenged on...
We are pleased to share a new report covering: Sierra Leone: autism. This report was produced in response to a query from an asylum professional, and responds to the research questions submitted to us. By making our research more widely available, we hope to...
Join us online for our roundtable discussion on Child-specific Country of Origin Information (COI) and learn more about our new Publications on Children and Young People. At this event we will present new publications, our Country of Origin Information report on: The...
In July 2023, the Government of the United Kingdom passed the Illegal Migration Bill into law. Under the Act, the majority of asylum claims of new arrivals to the UK are deemed ‘inadmissible’, and the legislation foresees a duty on the Home Secretary to remove...
Asylos is thrilled to announce the appointment of Jo Pettitt and Carolina Albuerne as Co-Directors, ushering in a new era of leadership for the organisation effective January 2024. This dual appointment signifies a strategic move towards dynamic and experienced...
We are pleased to share three new reports covering: the situation of homosexual people in Togo; schizophrenia and autism in Bangladesh, and a report in French, addressing the situation of Banyamulenge people in the DRC. These reports were produced in response to ...
We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Asylum Aid to bring you a new series of training workshops on Statelessness-focused Country of Origin Information (COI). These co-delivered workshops are free of charge and will consist of the following four...
We have just released our Annual Report and financial accounts for the year of 2022, detailing the activities we conducted to support asylum decisions that are based on fair process and accurate information. 2022 was a particularly meaningful year for Asylos. Through...
Asylos is launching a new initiative aimed at making a selection of our bespoke research available publicly. By making a selection of our reports - which cover issues in over 100 countries - widely accessible, we hope that they can contribute to fair and...
Through consultations with legal representatives and charities in the UK, Asylos has become aware of the absence of relevant Country of Origin Information (COI) about stateless persons and simultaneously, the low awareness of statelessness issues in the immigration...