What the UK asylum system gets wrong

What is it about?

Using examples of decisions of Afghan asylum cases, Schuster looks at flaws in the UK asylum system. She shows that although Home Office guidelines say that decision makers should try to arrive at the 'truth', too often decisions are based on out of date reports, prejudice and ignorance.

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Why is it important?

These decisions are sometimes overturned on appeal, but often only after people have suffered years of uncertainty and fear. Sometimes people are unjustly returned.