Fast-Tracked Unfairness: Detention and Denial of Women Asylum Seekers in the UK
This report documents how women asylum seekers with complex claims are being routed into a system designed for much simpler claims. The women are held in detention largely for the UK’s administrative convenience, have very little time to prepare a legal case, and have only a few days to appeal if...
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This report documents how women asylum seekers with complex claims are being routed into a system designed for much simpler claims. The women are held in detention largely for the UK’s administrative convenience, have very little time to prepare a legal case, and have only a few days to appeal if refused. But the claims often involve such sensitive and difficult issues as sexual violence, female genital mutilation, trafficking, and domestic abuse.
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B003NSC6FS
Publish date: 2010-02-23
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Pages no: 79
Edition language: English