Juss, Satvinder S.; Mitchell, Jeni --- "Gatekeepers of asylum: UK country guidance, indiscriminate violence and internal relocation" [2019] ELECD 2035; in Juss, Singh Satvinder (ed), "Research Handbook on International Refugee Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) 139

Book Title: Research Handbook on International Refugee Law

Editor(s): Juss, Singh Satvinder

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section: Chapter 10

Section Title: Gatekeepers of asylum: UK country guidance, indiscriminate violence and internal relocation

Author(s): Juss, Satvinder S.; Mitchell, Jeni

Number of pages: 31

Abstract/Description:

The chapter focuses on a critical yet under-examined element of the UK asylum process whereby the Home Office routinely deports failed asylum seekers to their country of origin, including to some of the most dangerous countries in the world, such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia. This policy is facilitated by an under-appreciated element of asylum law and policy: the country guidance notes produced by the Home Office, which provide country of origin information (COI) and legal guidance to assist decision-makers throughout the asylum process. One of the most important elements of a Country Policy and Information Note (CPIN) is the determination of whether a state of indiscriminate violence exists in all or part of a given country. The chapter examines the role of country guidance notes in the asylum process and their primary failings. The chapter then scritinises interrogate the conceptual basis underlying 'indiscriminate violence' and its facilitation of internal relocation.