Immigration and Asylum-Advise the client on the options for JR appeal of refusal, further submissions or is there enough new evidence for a fresh claim to be lodged.

Immigration and Asylum

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You are a caseworker/legal advisor working in an solicitors firm. You have been give an attendance note with initial instructions from a new client. You are to provide the client with advice based on the facts of the case presented to you.

Her asylum claim on the basis of domestic abuse was refused but there is now new information which has not been disclosed before that the client was trafficked for sexual exploitation. Advise the client on the options for JR appeal of refusal, further submissions or is there enough new evidence for a fresh claim to be lodged.

Does she pass the means test for fresh claim?

What evidence do we need?

Advised client that, even if her account is accepted as true, she would have to establish:

Risk on return

Internal Relocation

Sufficiency of protections

Support of her family

Support from NGO-s.

Advised client on:

Burden of Proof

Ability to provide Details

Importance of consistency