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Is Albania a safe country?
What motivates people to seek asylum in the UK is the frequent focus of discussion around cross-channel migration but is not always well understood. In recent years and especially following a sudden peak in the numbers crossing by boat, Albanian asylum seekers have been increasingly vilified in the media
Home Affairs Committee Report on Asylum & Migration: Albania – Response
The Home Affairs Committee has today published its report looking at migration and asylum in relation to Albania. The report is being cited as having found little evidence to indicate that significant numbers of Albanian nationals are at risk in their own country and require asylum in the UK.
Giving evidence about the stories behind the headlines
What was behind the increased numbers of Albanians we saw arriving in the UK by boat last year? Are they all exploiting the asylum and modern slavery systems? And is the government’s much-vaunted commitment to speedily return all such arrivals likely to be effective, or even legal? These questions were
Upcoming Events
Previous Events
Seminar series: The CPIN and assessing merits in Albanian claims – 23 October 2020 (Zoom)
The first in a series of four 'Breaking the Chains' legal seminars centred around representing child and young asylum seekers. David Neale, Legal Researcher at Garden Court Chambers will be critiquing the Albanian Country Policy and Information Note (CPIN) on blood feuds and arguing that asylum claims based on blood
Breaking the Chains Year 1 Evaluation Launch – 23 September 2020 (Zoom)
Presenting key learnings about how effective legal representation can be provided to children and young people vulnerable to exploitation, and what more is needed to create effective change. Click to register here before 21 September. View the flyer with programme here.
No right of appeal: the mass certification of Albanian asylum claims – 19 June 2019 (London)
This free event aims to critique the Home Office practice of certifying most Albanian asylum claims, including those of children, as clearly unfounded – denying people the right to appeal the decision in the UK. Speakers will cover Home Office practice in this area and asylum claims arising from blood
