Useful Resources

For people seeking asylum

Applying for asylum

Claim asylum in the UK – Home Office asylum page

Right to Remain toolkit – a guide to the UK immigration and asylum legal system and procedures

Financial support, health and accommodation

Right to Remain guide to asylum support – an explanation of housing and basic living expenses provided by the government to people who are seeking asylum

Know your Rights – A Guide for Migrants from Migrants’ Rights Network

Accessing healthcare – Equality and Human Rights Commission guide to entitlements to health care for people seeking asylum

Immigration detention

Information for detainees – published by Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID)

Right to Remain detention toolkit – a guide to immigration detention in the UK

For lawyers

Asylum Policy Instruction on Sexual Orientation – guidance for Home Office staff on considering asylum claims based on sexual orientation

Country Information on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity – resources UKLGIG has jointly compiled with SOGICA and Asylum Research Consultancy (scroll down to the third heading)

SOGICA database on LGBTQI+ asylum case law and research

Guidelines on International Protection No. 9: Claims to Refugee Status based on Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

Applying HJ (Iran) and HT (Cameroon) to asylum claims based on sexual orientation – UKLGIG paper summarising the important guidance and framework set out by this case