In The Press

Immigration lawyers condemn Home Office practice of recruiting undergraduates to make potentially life-or-death judgments.

Duncan Lewis Public Law Director Toufique Hossain was quoted in this article in The Guardian on the 28th February 2016;

“Asylum decisions are very much life or death matters. Complex areas of law are involved relating to EU charters, conventions and directives. It is very concerning that the Home Office is bringing in students to make these decisions and that all of the decision-makers are given just five weeks’ training.” He added: “There is no legal aid for asylum seekers to be accompanied by a solicitor when they make their initial claim for international protection. So it might just be them and a student. If the case is wrongly refused, it is harder for an asylum seeker to come back from the initial negative decision when their appeal is heard.”