Report on women asylum seekers published today

Asylum Aid is launching a new research report, “I feel like as a woman I’m not welcome”: A gender analysis of UK asylum law, policy and practice.

Based on interviews with asylum-seeking women and their legal representatives and advocates across the UK, and analysis of the legislation, case law and policy relevant to women seeking asylum, the research examines whether the UK asylum system is gender sensitive in practice.

The report highlights the need for radical changes in the way women are treated when they seek asylum in the UK and the manner in which their asylum claim is decided.  It builds on more than a decade’s work by the Women’s Project at Asylum Aid.

An article outlining the issues considered in the report by its author, Christel Querton, has been published on the openDemocracy websiter at  http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/christel-querton/unfair-unsafe-and-undignified-treatment-of-women-seeking-asylum-in-uk