RLC Briefing Papers and Press Releases

·      Refugee Legal Centre, "Court of Appeal judgment on entitlement to protection for Zimbabwean asylum seekers", Press Release, 12th April 2006

·      RLC Press Release, "Removals to Zimbabwe", 4th August 2005

·      RLC Press Release, "Suspension of the Removal of Asylum Seekers to Zimbabwe", 14th July 2005

·      RLC letter to the Constitutional Affairs Committee re the DCA Proposals for Funding of Onward Asylum and Immigration Appeals, 14th January 2005, along with Appendix 1 - RLC Response to the DCA Consultation Paper CP(L) 30/04. The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal - The Legal Aid Arrangements for Onward Appeals, 13th December 2004

·      Refugee Legal Centre's response to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal - Procedure Rules and Judicial Titles Order Consultation Paper, 10th December 2004 (Appendix 1 - UNHCR Response to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 2005 DCA Consultation Paper; Appendix 2 - Refugee Legal Centre's responses to the specific consultation questions)

·      Response by the Refugee Legal Centre to the Legal Services Commission's Consultation Paper: 'A New Focus for Civil Legal Aid', 13th October 2004

·      RLC, Paper for the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights concerning the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Specification of Particularly Serious Crimes) Order 2004 and Section 72 of the 2002 Act, 7th October 2004

·      Refugee Legal Centre, Amnesty International, Refugee Council, Parliamentary Briefing: Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Bill. Lords Third Reading, 6th July 2004

·      RLC, letter to Chair, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights re government amendments to the Asylum (Treatment of Claimants etc) Bill introduced by Baroness Scotland on 9th June 2004, 16th June 2004

·      RLC, Amnesty International, Refugee Council, Parliamentary Briefing: Asylum (Treatment of Claimants) Bill - Lord's Report Stage, 18th May 2004

·      RLC, letter to Chair, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights re The Asylum (Treatment of Claimants etc) Bill, 12th May 2004

·      RLC, Parliamentary Briefing: Asylum (Treatment of Claimants) Bill - Lord's Committee Stage, 27th April 2004

·      RLC, Parliamentary Briefing: Asylum (Treatment of Claimants) Bill - Lord's Committee Stage, 15th April 2004

·      RLC, Briefing on the Community Legal Service (Scope) Regulations 2004, 25th March 2004 - removal of legal aid representation at Home Office asylum interviews

·      RLC letter to the Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Schedule 3 of the Asylum (Treatment of Claimants etc) Bill, 24th March 2004

·      Michael Fordham, Blackstone Chambers, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Ousting Judicial Review: Common Law, 8th January 2004

·      Amnesty International, Refugee Council, Refugee Legal Centre, Parliamentary Briefing: Asylum and Immigration Bill. Lords' Second Reading, 15th March 2004

·      Amnesty International, Refugee Council, Refugee Legal Centre, Parliamentary Briefing: Asylum and Immigration Bill. Commons Report and Third Reading, 1st March 2004

·      RLC letter to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights re the Asylum (Treatment of Claimants etc) Bill, 27th January 2004

·      Written Evidence to the Constitutional Affairs Committee on Clauses 10 and 12 of the Asylum (Treatment of Claimants etc) Bill, 14th January 2004

·      Amnesty International, Refugee Council and Refugee Legal Centre, Parliamentary Briefing: Asylum and Immigration Bill. Commons Second Reading, 17th December 2003

·       RLC Press Release on Government Proposed Cuts for Legal Aid in Asylum and Immigration Work, 26th November 2003

·       RLC Response to the Home Office's Consultation Paper on Asylum Reform, 14th November 2003

·       RLC, DCA Consultation Proposals Summary Response, 22nd September 2003

·       Letter to DCA regarding the RLC's response to the DCA Consultative Paper, and Refugee Legal Centre response to the Consultative Paper on Publicly Funded Immigration and  Asylum Work, 27th August 2003

    Appendix One: Case Studies.

    Appendix 2: Counsel's Opinion.

    Appendix 3: IAT Decisions on Expert Evidence. Refugee Legal Centre response to LSC Consultation on change to Immigration Legal Aid.

·       RLC, National Audit Office Study on Asylum: Deciding Applications for Asylum, 1st July 2003

·       “Joint NGO letter to Prime Minister warns the UK Government on World Refugee Day to maintain its commitments to protecting refugees”, 20^th June 2003.

·       RLC Briefing on the Court of Appeal decision on Section 55 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act, 18th March 2003. (The Queen on the Application of 'Q' and Others and the SSHD, 18th March 2003)

·       RLC Press Release on the High Court granting of judicial review of the new support provisions of 8th January 2003, 19th February 2003.

·       Statement by the RLC Chief Executive on operations at Oakington, 27th November 2002.

·       RLC Briefing on the proposed use of Oakington Reception Centre for processing 'clearly unfounded' cases, 23rd October 2002

·       RLC Briefing for 2nd Reading in the House of Lords: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill, 19^th June 2002

·       RLC Briefing for the Report Stage of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill, 10^th June 2002

·       RLC Briefing for the Second Reading of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill, 22^nd April 2002

·       RLC Response to “Secure Borders, Safe Haven. Integration with Diversity in Modern Britain”  (White Paper CM 5387, February 2002)

·       For the Bill, see The Stationery Office, Public Bills before Parliament; the White Paper, Secure Borders, Safe Haven is also available