Handling Claims Involving Allegations of Torture or Serious Harm in the Non-detained Pilot Process

Agust 2011

UKBA say ;

"The aim of the pilot

The timescales for concluding cases involving potential victims of torture can often be very long. As a result UKBA has been in discussions with the Helen Bamber Foundation and the Medical Foundation for the care of victims of torture (hereafter referred to as the Foundations) who have agreed to test a process aimed at reducing the timescales for offering pre-assessment appointments and producing their subsequent reports. Although there are other organisations that prepare Medico-Legal reports this pilot only pertains to applicant’s that have been referred to one of the Foundations. The pilot will start on 1st July 2011 and run up to the end of September 2011. This document provides guidance on what these reduced timescales are and how they will impact your roles as case owners and should be read in conjunction with the relevant Asylum Instructions."

A new Asylum Instruction for the Pilot entitled ‘Handling Claims Involving Allegations of Torture or Serious Harm in the Non-detained Pilot Process’ has been issued by UKBA for cases dealt with by means of the UKBA Pilot for non detained cases asserting torture or serious harm referred to either the Medical Foundation Medico Legal Report Service or the Helen Bamber Foundation.

This Pilot is limited to cases referred to either Foundation dealt with by 2 UKBA Teams only: the Wales and South West (WSW) asylum team and the Barnet and Enfield and Hackney and Tower Hamlets Local Immigration Teams handling asylum and human rights claims. The Pilot commenced on 18 July 2011 and is expected to run until 31 October 2011.

Note that for all other cases for which the Medical Foundation Medico Legal Report Service or the Helen Bamber Foundation is providing an MLR, the existing Asylum Policy Instruction (API) on the Medical Foundation continues to apply. The API is available here.

Below are UKBA training materials for the new Asylum Instruction for the non-detained pilot ;

Asylum Instruction : ‘Handling Claims Involving Allegations of Torture or Serious Harm in the Non-detained Pilot Process’
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UKBA training PowerPoint resentation
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NON-DETAINED CASES – TORTURE PILOT
DESK AID
Version 1.0
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ASSESSING MEDICO LEGAL REPORTS
CLAIMS OF TORTURE OR SERIOUS HARM
Trainer Notes (v1.5)
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ASSESSING MEDICO LEGAL REPORTS
CLAIMS OF TORTURE OR SERIOUS HARM
Trainee Notes (v1.4)
Note : despite the very similar title to the first document, this second one is significantly different.
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Credibility Exercises
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Evaluation of the non-detained process for dealing with asylum claims involving torture
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Last Updated on Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:31