New Asylum Model

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New Asylum Model
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Pre 5th March 2007

• In July 1998 the government had inherited a
  backlog of over 50,000 cases awaiting decision
  and over 20,000 queuing for an appeal hearing.
• Before the introduction of the NAM, 75 of claims
  were decided in two months.

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The aim of the New Asylum Model

• To introduce a faster, more tightly managed
  asylum process with an emphasis on rapid
  integration or removal.
• The Home Office is now processing all new asylum
  seekers within the new model as of the 5th March
  2007.

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NAM Case Processing

• Under the NAM, for general cases the asylum
  decision will generally be served within 30
  working days.
• The Case Owner is a Home Office official
  responsible for an asylum seekers case
  throughout the process from application to the
  granting of status or removal.

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Convention Definition

• outside country of origin/residence
• well-founded fear of ....
• persecution
• for a convention reason
• not excluded

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Convention Reasons

• race
• religion
• nationality
• political opinion
• membership of a particular social group

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Procedure

• Application in person
• Screening
• Substantive interview
• Decision
• Appeal
• Application for reconsideration etc

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Case Resolution

• Any case outside the NAM on 5th March 2007 is a
  Case Resolution case.
• This includes cases that have not been fully
  determined, applications for further leave, cases
  awaiting appeal or those who have exhausted their
  appeal rights but who remain in the UK.
• Home Office aims to conclude all of these
  incomplete cases by the summer of 2011.
• This is not an amnesty for individuals whose
  cases are unresolved (http//www.ukba.homeoffice.
  gov.uk/asylum/process/oldercases/)

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Decision

• When the Home Office (HO) decides on your asylum
  application and grants you permission to stay,
  you will be given one of the following
• Refugee status
• Humanitarian protection
• Discretionary leave.
• When you are given one of the above statuses it
  does not mean that you are allowed to stay in the
  UK permanently. You can stay permanently only
  when the Home Office gives you indefinite leave
  to remain, also called settlement.