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Asylum screening and routing: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on registering asylum claims and completing the screening process for asylum claimants.

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From:
UK Visas and Immigration
Published:
18 April 2018
Last updated:
24 July 2024
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  1. Guidance updated: amendments to the section 'the asylum screening interview' to reflect changes made to screening questionnaire, system and security checks section updated to reflect mandatory checks recorded are recorded on Atlas, voluntary returns service reference voluntary depart.

  2. Asylum screening and routing guidance has been updated: change of service provider.

  3. Screening and routing document updated to reflect a change of service provider.

  4. Guidance updated to reflect the commencement of relevant provisions in the Illegal Migration Act 2023.

  5. Updated Asylum Screening and routing guidance.

  6. Updated to reflect the requirement to make an asylum claim at a “designated place”, as set out in Section 14 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, and definition of an “application for asylum” and “claim for humanitarian protection” as set out in Immigration Rule 327. Also, to reflect change in policy that a child who is to be named as a dependant on an asylum application can and should (generally) be understood to have made an application for asylum in their own right.

  7. Updated 'Request for asylum made during the removal process' document to include the Atlas referral process.

  8. Updated for end of EU transition period.

  9. Updated the Asylum screening and routing document.

  10. Updated National Asylum Allocation Unit contact details in Asylum screening and routing document.

  11. Updated guidance and added 'Asylum screening and routing - request for asylum made during the removal process' document

  12. Updated screening and routing document.

  13. First published.

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff providing information about:

  • the screening process

  • what constitutes an asylum claim

  • when and where to register an asylum claim

  • dependants and family asylum claims

  • children claiming asylum and disputed age cases

  • system and security checks

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