The dangers of presumption, prejudice and copy-pasting in asylum decision-making

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Date
Time
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Venue
Russell Square: College Buildings
Room
G52

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Dr Liza Schuster (City University London)

The refusal letters issued by the Home Office offer detailed reasons for why a particular claim has been rejected. In this analysis of 24 such letters, Liza Schuster critically engages with some of the explicit and implicit presumptions revealed in these letters. She argues that much stricter standards are required in reaching such decisions, given the gravity of an erroneous decision.

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Dr Liza Schuster The dangers of presumption, prejudice and copy-pasting in asylum decision-making

Organiser: Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies

Contact email: cb92@soas.ac.uk