AN & SS (Tamils - Colombo - Risk?) Sri Lanka v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Author: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT)
Document source:

United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority
Date:
6 July 2008

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Author

Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT)

Title

AN & SS (Tamils - Colombo - Risk?) Sri Lanka v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Document source

United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority

Date

6 July 2008

Document number

CG [2008] UKAIT 00063

Document type

Collection

Country

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Sri Lanka

Keywords

Country of origin information (COI)

Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA)

Persecution based on political opinion

Security forces

Security situation

Comments:

Heard at Field House, on 11-13 February 2008. This determination updates and supersedes PS (LTTE internal flight sufficiency of protection) Sri Lanka CG [2004] UKIAT 297. PR (medical facilities) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 4269 is, owing to its antiquity, no longer to be treated as country guidance on the availability of medical treatment for returnees. The guidance in PS and LP (LTTE Area - Tamils - Colombo - Risk?) Sri Lanka CG [2007] UKAIT 00076, however, has been considered and approved by the European Court of Human Rights in NA v United Kingdom, handed down on 17th July 2008. See also R (on the application of SS (Sri Lanka)) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 223 (Admin), which confirmed the approach to the current risk as stated in NA.

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