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UK: Upper Tribunal publishes new Country Guidance case on Eritrea

Date: 
Monday, October 10, 2016

On 10 October 2016, the Upper Tribunal published a new Country Guidance case on Eritrea,MST and Others (national service – risk categories). The judgment confirms that Eritreans, who evaded military service and/or left the country illegally, continue to face a real risk of persecution, serious harm or ill-treatment if returned to Eritrea. 
 

UK: recent Upper Tribunal Country Guidance decisions

Date: 
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

The UK Upper Tribunal has issued a new country guidance decision on trafficked women from Albania, which updates its previous guidance on this issue in AM and BM.

European Court of Human Rights: R.H. v. Sweden (no. 4601/14)

Date: 
Thursday, September 10, 2015

The case of R.H. v. Sweden (no. 4601/14) relates to a Somali national from Mogadishu who applied for asylum in Sweden in 2011. She claimed that she would face persecution from her family due to having fled a forced marriage, a risk of sexual assault and marginalisation as a single woman without a male network and due to the dire humanitarian situation in Somalia. As such her removal would be contrary to Article 3 ECHR.

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