About this episode

Jasmine and guest Mala Savjani discuss the latest developments in immigration, including asylum appeal backlogs and judicial reviews of citizenship policies.

In this month's round-up, Jasmine is joined by Mala Savjani, an associate solicitor at Wilsons. They cover the latest tribunal statistics, which make for grim reading as the asylum appeals backlog has climbed past 87,000 cases. With roughly twice as many cases coming in as going out, anyone lodging an appeal now faces a wait of close to three years. Mala then unpacks the judicial review challenges to the Home Office's good character citizenship policy. Jasmine and Mala also cover a Court of Appeal decision on Iranian sur place claims, a win for Freedom from Torture and the Helen Bamber Foundation over asylum accommodation protections, and a curious split between the English and Scottish courts on age assessments. Plus, the new compliance regime for universities, the English language test fraud allegations saga, settlement and more! Asylum and protection (02:03) Asylum appeal backlog rises to 87,450 cases Home Office withdraws refusals in good character citizenship policy challenges Court of Appeal declines to give wider guidance on Iranian sur place claims Home Office unlawfully removed asylum accommodation protections for torture and trafficking survivors Divergent approach to…

People in this episode

Host: Jasmine

Guest: Mala Savjani

Topics covered

• asylum appeals
• judicial review
• citizenship policy
• age assessments
• university compliance
• settlement

Keywords

• asylum
• appeals
• backlog
• judicial review
• citizenship
• age assessments
• university compliance
• settlement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wilsons, Freedom from Torture, Helen Bamber Foundation

Places: UK

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