Support to Appeal Rights Exhausted Asylum Seekers in Northern Ireland

Abstract

On 18 January 2017 the Committee for the Executive Office heard evidence from the Northern Ireland Community of Refugee and Asylum Seekers (NICRAS) and Refugee and Asylum Forum (RAF) on the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in Northern Ireland. In particular, issues for people whose applications for asylum had been declined, but for various reasons remain in Northern Ireland, were raised. This paper briefly summarises the asylum system as it applies to Northern Ireland and gives an overview of support to appeal rights exhausted asylum seekers. This refers to people seeking asylum who have been unsuccessful in their applications and any appeals have failed.