TK (Tamils - LP Updated) 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:
11 December 2009

In this section

Appeal dismissed.

Author

Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT)

Title

TK (Tamils - LP Updated) Sri Lanka v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Document source

United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority

Date

11 December 2009

Document number

CG [2009] UKAIT 00049

Document type

Collection

Country

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Sri Lanka

Keywords

Arbitrary arrest and detention

Combatants / Former combatants

Country of origin information (COI)

Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports)

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

Persecution based on political opinion

Racial / Ethnic persecution

Rejected asylum-seekers

Right to family life

Single heads of household

Unlawful departure

Population groups

Tamil

Comments:

Heard at Procession House on 27 & 28 October 2009. The risk categories identified in LP (LTTE area - Tamils - Colombo - Risk?) Sri Lanka CG [2007] UKAIT 00076 and approved by the European Court of Human Rights in NA v. United Kingdom, App. no. 25904/07, remain valid.

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