The applicant’s decision granting him asylum was not communicated to him for six months.
Held: The delay, for reasons of errors and confusion, was unlawful, and had caused distress. Nevertheless, it did not amount to an infringement of his article 8 rights. Had it done so, damages of up to andpound;2,000 might have been payable.
Citations:
Gazette 09-May-2003, [2003] EWHC 319 (Admin)
Statutes:
European Convention on Human Rights 8
Immigration, Human Rights
Updated: 29 April 2022; Ref: scu.183404